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broker definition

bro·ker (brō′kər)

noun

  1. a person who acts as an agent or intermediary in negotiating contracts, buying and selling, etc.
  2. stockbroker

Etymology: ME brokour < Anglo-Norm broceor < OFr brokier, brochier, to broach, tap; orig. sense “wine dealer”

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to act as a broker (for)
  2. to negotiate or bargain; specif., to influence the outcome of (a political convention) by negotiating, making secret agreements, etc.

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

business broker definition - business

finance broker definition - finance

law broker definition - legal

broker Synonyms

broker

n.

stockbroker, agent, intermediary; see agent 1, businessperson, financier, merchant.


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broker Usage Examples

Possessives

  • marsh: Up the capital to buy bare the highest interest marsh's brokers routinely.

Preposition: in

  • toronto: Little or no auto insurance broker in toronto a copy of.

Adjective modifier

  • honest: These are not the actions of an honest broker.

Modifies a noun

  • mortgage: To a based broker business home mortgage third of driving teens.

Noun used with modifier

  • mortgage: All states mortgage broker web site design except our biggest concern risks outside the.
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broker quotes

If we are to negotiate, I envisage that we shall playan essentially modest role; that of an honest broker who really intends to do business.

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A broker is a man who takes your fortune and runs it into a shoestring.

-Woollcott, Alexander Humphreys

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