broker(n = noun.person) agent, factor - a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission;
is a kind of bourgeois, businessperson
is a member of brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm
has particulars: auctioneer, general agent, insurance agent, insurance broker, underwriter, investment banker, underwriter, estate agent, house agent, land agent, real estate agent, real estate broker, ship broker, stockbroker, syndic, travel agent
Derived form verb broker1
broker(v = verb.possession) - act as a broker;
is one way to negociate, negotiate, talk terms
Derived forms noun broker1, noun brokerage3, noun brokerage2, noun brokerage1
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue broker
1. One who transacts business for another; an agent. [1913 Webster]
2. An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. Story. [1913 Webster]
3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc. [1913 Webster]
4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [1913 Webster]
5. A pimp or procurer. Shak. [1913 Webster]
broker, n.
1 an agent who buys and sells for others; a middleman.
2 a member of the Stock Exchange dealing in stocks and shares.
Usage:
In the UK from Oct. 1986 officially called broker-dealer and entitled to act as agent and principal in share dealings.
3 Brit. an official appointed to sell or appraise distrained goods.
Etymology:
ME f. AF brocour, of unkn. orig.
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bill broker, customer's broker, insurance broker, marriage broker, power broker, real estate broker, ship broker