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broker

/ˈbɹoʊkɚ/

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What does broker mean?

adjective

  1. comparative form of broke: more broke

noun

  1. A mediator between a buyer and seller.
  2. A stockbroker.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind.
  2. An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.

verb

  1. To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.
  2. To act as a broker in; to bring about through brokering or negotiation; to arrange or negotiate.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɹoʊkɚ/

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They say “A crafty knave does need no broker”, Yet am I Suffolk and the cardinal’s broker.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
But the broker did not fall without a struggle, and his cries brought the people of the cabaret to his assistance.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
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The outside broker who advertises himself freely in the newspapers, as well as by pamphlets and circulars, is to be avoided.
William, F.S.A., of Exeter CottonEverybody's Guide to Money Matters With a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing thereinProject Gutenberg ebook #1903
I have only noticed them from over the way, because if the broker saw me, bless you, he’d ask any price for them!
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
I have seen a transaction of this kind executed in ten minutes, though there was a distance of several hundred miles between client and broker.
Tingfang WuAmerica, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental DiplomatProject Gutenberg ebook #609