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bro·ker

(brō′kər)

1. One that acts as an agent for others, as in negotiating contracts, purchases, or sales in return for a fee or commission.

2. A stockbroker.

3. A power broker.

tr.v. bro·kered, bro·ker·ing, bro·kers

To arrange or manage as a broker: broker an agreement among opposing factions.

[Middle English brokour, from Anglo-Norman brocour, abrocour; akin to Spanish alboroque, ceremonial gift at conclusion of business deal, from Arabic al-barka, the blessing, colloquial variant of al-baraka : al-, the + baraka, blessing, divine favor (from bāraka, to bless; see brk in Semitic roots).]

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broker

(ˈbrəʊkə)

1. (Stock Exchange) an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells goods, securities, etc, in return for a commission: insurance broker.

2. (Stock Exchange) (formerly) short for stockbroker

3. (Professions) a dealer in second-hand goods

(Stock Exchange) to act as a broker (in)

[C14: from Anglo-French brocour broacher (of casks, hence, one who sells, agent), from Old Northern French broquier to tap a cask, from broque tap of a cask; see broach¹]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bro•ker

(ˈbroʊ kər)
n.

1. an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis.

2. a person who acts as an intermediary in arranging marriages, negotiating agreements, etc.

3. stockbroker.

v.t.

4. to act as a broker for: to broker the sale of a house.

5. to negotiate, arrange, or manipulate as a broker: a presidential nomination brokered by party pros; a brokered political convention.

v.i.

6. to act as a broker.

[1350–1400; Middle English broco(u)r < Anglo-French broco(u)r, abrocour middleman]

bro′ker•ship`, n.

broker

- Originally, a broker or brokour bought wine cheaply in quantity and sold it at a profit; broker came to mean any retailer who did this, or a middleman/agent.

broker

Past participle: brokered
Gerund: brokering

Imperative
broker
broker

Present
I broker
you broker
he/she/it brokers
we broker
you broker
they broker

Preterite
I brokered
you brokered
he/she/it brokered
we brokered
you brokered
they brokered

Present Continuous
I am brokering
you are brokering
he/she/it is brokering
we are brokering
you are brokering
they are brokering

Present Perfect
I have brokered
you have brokered
he/she/it has brokered
we have brokered
you have brokered
they have brokered

Past Continuous
I was brokering
you were brokering
he/she/it was brokering
we were brokering
you were brokering
they were brokering

Past Perfect
I had brokered
you had brokered
he/she/it had brokered
we had brokered
you had brokered
they had brokered

Future
I will broker
you will broker
he/she/it will broker
we will broker
you will broker
they will broker

Future Perfect
I will have brokered
you will have brokered
he/she/it will have brokered
we will have brokered
you will have brokered
they will have brokered

Future Continuous
I will be brokering
you will be brokering
he/she/it will be brokering
we will be brokering
you will be brokering
they will be brokering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been brokering
you have been brokering
he/she/it has been brokering
we have been brokering
you have been brokering
they have been brokering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been brokering
you will have been brokering
he/she/it will have been brokering
we will have been brokering
you will have been brokering
they will have been brokering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been brokering
you had been brokering
he/she/it had been brokering
we had been brokering
you had been brokering
they had been brokering

Conditional
I would broker
you would broker
he/she/it would broker
we would broker
you would broker
they would broker

Past Conditional
I would have brokered
you would have brokered
he/she/it would have brokered
we would have brokered
you would have brokered
they would have brokered

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Noun	1.	broker - a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission agent, factor brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm - a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller auctioneer - an agent who conducts an auction bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise insurance agent, insurance broker, underwriter, general agent - an agent who sells insurance investment banker, underwriter - a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities estate agent, house agent, land agent, real estate agent, real estate broker - a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a real estate agent a land agent" ship broker - an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge stockbroker - an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds syndic - one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions travel agent - someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers
Verb	1.	broker - act as a broker commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) negotiate, talk terms, negociate - discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house"

broker

noun

1. dealer, marketer, agent, trader, supplier, merchant, entrepreneur, negotiator, chandler, mediator, intermediary, wholesaler, middleman, factor, purveyor, go-between, tradesman, merchandiser They met through a commercial marriage broker.

verb

1. organize, run, plan, set up, arrange, construct, put together, get together, marshal, get going, coordinate He tried to broker a peace conference.

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broker

noun

Someone who acts as an intermediate agent in a transaction or helps to resolve differences:

go-between, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediator, mediator, middleman.

Translations

سِمْسارسِمْسار، وَكيلٌ تِجاري

makléřjednatel

mægler

Makler

μεσίτης

agente corredor corredor de bolsa

välittäjä

courtier représentant négocier

mešetar

alkuszbróker

miîlari

mediatore sensale agente di cambio intermediario

ブローカー

중개인

brokeris

apdrošināšanas aģentsmāklerisstarpnieks

mäklare

นายหน้า

komisyoncusimsar

người môi giới

经纪人

broker

[ˈbrəʊkəʳ]

A. N (Comm) → agente mf; (= stockbroker) → corredor(a) m/f de bolsa, bolsista mf

B. VT [+ deal, agreement] → negociar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

broker

[ˈbrəʊkə^r]

n → courtier m (en bourse), agent m de change

vt [+ peace, agreement, deal, plan] → négocier, négocier en tant qu'intermédiaire

broker

n (St Ex, Fin, real estate) → Makler m; yachting broker → Bootshändler m

vt deal, agreement → aushandeln

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

broker

[ˈbrəʊkəʳ] n (Comm) → mediatore/trice; (stock broker) → agente m/f di cambio

broker

(ˈbrəukə) noun

a person employed to buy and sell (especially shares etc) for others. an insurance broker; a stockbroker.

broker

→ سِمْسار makléř mægler Makler μεσίτης agente välittäjä courtier mešetar mediatore ブローカー 중개인 effectenmakelaar megler makler corretor de valores маклер mäklare นายหน้า komisyoncu người môi giới 经纪人

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After months of silence between buyer and broker, the broker was reviewing listings of recent sales in the East Village when he saw that the subject building was, in fact, sold by the owner to the buyer, but brokered by another broker.

Commercial broker wins commission dispute against buyer

The switching of roles did not end the fiduciary relationship established when the defendants were brokering the loan; this fiduciary relationship "did not cease to exist once they brokered the deal to themselves," the Swayne opinion states.

The risk of vicarious liability for broker misconduct: this review of case law reveals steps lenders can take to avoid vicarious liability for the misconduct of mortgage brokers

By all estimates, the independent reinsurance broker market writes less than 50% of the brokered reinsurance business.