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Definition of stockbroker belt in English: stockbroker beltnoun British An affluent residential area outside a large city. 〈英〉(大城市远郊的)富人居住区 Example sentencesExamples - She lives in the Surrey stockbroker belt, as befits her income.
- As the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of Bradford, nestled snugly in the Wharfedale stockbroker belt, upper class Ilkley felt it did not deserve the reputation as the ‘Rat Capital’ of the district.
- One was the son of a Tory party agent (who died nine years ago), who had been brought up in the stockbroker belt of Buckinghamshire.
- Clifford himself says he has about £1 million in the bank and owns homes in the Surrey stockbroker belt and in Spain.
- More than 4500 paying customers turned up the other day for a friendly involving non-league Sutton United, a quiet, unostentatious operation who play in the leafy environs of south London's stockbroker belt.
- But a six-figure salary, huge home in the Surrey stockbroker belt and a first-class reputation as an international bank executive just were not enough for him.
- The father-of-six eagerly grasped the chance to own an eight-bedroom slice of British history; a mock Tudor pile with cottages, stables and swimming pool that has dominated the Surrey stockbroker belt for a century.
- The area includes the Tatton villages of Alderley Edge and Prestbury in what used to be the stockbroker belt; today the richest residents are just as likely to be soap stars, Premiership footballers - and their managers.
- This so-called stockbroker belt is no different than any other part of Surrey.
- The couple have two children and own a regency manor house and 25-acre estate in the idyllic stockbroker belt in Cheshire.
- Now with 42 staff Peartree has an enviable order book, most of it in the stockbroker belt of southeast England.
- Her sister Beverly married, had four children and lives in the stockbroker belt.
- I think that Newton, small little farming village though it is, is basically smack in the middle of Cambridge's equivalent of the stockbroker belt.
- ‘It was on the verge of the stockbroker belt,’ he said.
- The same man, who is aged in his mid-50s and lives in the Surrey stockbroker belt, was happy to back Chelsea at odds of 1-25 to beat West Brom in the Premiership on Tuesday night.
- He started out as a negotiator at the age of 17 straight from school in Surrey's stockbroker belt.
- A Surrey police spokeswoman said the crime happened on a quiet country road in the stockbroker belt, an area with a low crime rate, as the woman was driving home from an evening with friends in London.
- In Surrey stockbroker belt, they were regarded by some as lowering the tone.
- It was partly about money, partly about fun, and partly about putting up with rainy days in the stockbroker belt.
- Edward is in the seventh year of a 50-year lease on the mansion in a prime location in the Surrey stockbroker belt.
Definition of stockbroker belt in US English: stockbroker beltnounˈstäkˌbrōkər beltˈstɑkˌbroʊkər bɛlt British An affluent residential area outside a large city. 〈英〉(大城市远郊的)富人居住区 Example sentencesExamples - Edward is in the seventh year of a 50-year lease on the mansion in a prime location in the Surrey stockbroker belt.
- It was partly about money, partly about fun, and partly about putting up with rainy days in the stockbroker belt.
- He started out as a negotiator at the age of 17 straight from school in Surrey's stockbroker belt.
- But a six-figure salary, huge home in the Surrey stockbroker belt and a first-class reputation as an international bank executive just were not enough for him.
- I think that Newton, small little farming village though it is, is basically smack in the middle of Cambridge's equivalent of the stockbroker belt.
- As the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of Bradford, nestled snugly in the Wharfedale stockbroker belt, upper class Ilkley felt it did not deserve the reputation as the ‘Rat Capital’ of the district.
- She lives in the Surrey stockbroker belt, as befits her income.
- ‘It was on the verge of the stockbroker belt,’ he said.
- Her sister Beverly married, had four children and lives in the stockbroker belt.
- The area includes the Tatton villages of Alderley Edge and Prestbury in what used to be the stockbroker belt; today the richest residents are just as likely to be soap stars, Premiership footballers - and their managers.
- Clifford himself says he has about £1 million in the bank and owns homes in the Surrey stockbroker belt and in Spain.
- The father-of-six eagerly grasped the chance to own an eight-bedroom slice of British history; a mock Tudor pile with cottages, stables and swimming pool that has dominated the Surrey stockbroker belt for a century.
- The couple have two children and own a regency manor house and 25-acre estate in the idyllic stockbroker belt in Cheshire.
- This so-called stockbroker belt is no different than any other part of Surrey.
- Now with 42 staff Peartree has an enviable order book, most of it in the stockbroker belt of southeast England.
- The same man, who is aged in his mid-50s and lives in the Surrey stockbroker belt, was happy to back Chelsea at odds of 1-25 to beat West Brom in the Premiership on Tuesday night.
- In Surrey stockbroker belt, they were regarded by some as lowering the tone.
- A Surrey police spokeswoman said the crime happened on a quiet country road in the stockbroker belt, an area with a low crime rate, as the woman was driving home from an evening with friends in London.
- One was the son of a Tory party agent (who died nine years ago), who had been brought up in the stockbroker belt of Buckinghamshire.
- More than 4500 paying customers turned up the other day for a friendly involving non-league Sutton United, a quiet, unostentatious operation who play in the leafy environs of south London's stockbroker belt.
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