market maker
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
15 U.S.C. § 78C — under this chapter
The term “market maker” means any specialist permitted to act as a dealer, any dealer acting in the capacity of block positioner, and any dealer who, with respect to a security, holds himself out (by entering quotations in an inter-dealer communications system or otherwise) as being willing to buy and sell such security for his own account on a regular or continuous basis.