broker

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊkə(r)

Etymology 1

From broke +‎ -er.

Adjective

broker

1. comparative form of broke: more broke

Etymology 2

From Middle English broker, brokour, brocour, from Anglo-Norman brocour (“small trader”) (compare also abroker (“to act as a broker”)), from Old Dutch *brokere (“one who determines the usages of trade, manager”), from broke, bruyck, breuck (“use, usage, trade”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrug- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook +‎ -er. Cognate with Middle Low German brukere (“a broker”), Eastern Frisian broker (“a broker”), Danish bruger (“a broker, user, handler”), Swedish bruk (“use, custom, trade, business”), Old English broc (“use, profit, advantage, foredeal”). Compare also French brocanter (“to deal in second-hand goods”) from the same Germanic source. More at brook.

Noun

Wikipedia broker (plural brokers)

1. A mediator between a buyer and seller.
2. (computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.

Translations

mediator between a buyer and seller

• Bulgarian: посредник (bg) (posrednik) m, брокер (bg) (broker) m
• Dutch: tussenpersoon (nl) m
• Finnish: välittäjä (fi)
• French: courtier (fr) m, représentant (fr) m
• German: Börsenmakler (de) m, Börsenmaklerin (de) f
• Portuguese: intermediário (pt) m, corretor (pt)
• Russian: посредник (ru) (posrédnik) m, брокер (ru) (bróker) m, маклер (ru) (mákler) m

• Slovene: posrednik (sl) m
• Spanish: corredor (es), intermediario (es) m
• Swahili: madalali (sw)
• Tamil: தரகர் (ta) (tarakar)
• Turkish: komisyoncu (tr), simsar (tr)

computing: agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions

• Swahili: madalali (sw)

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• Czech: zprostředkovatel m, makléř m
• Finnish: välittäjä

• Serbian: mešetar m, mešetarka f
• Turkish: simsar

Derived terms

• brokerage
• power broker
• stockbroker

Verb

broker (third-person singular simple present brokers, present participle brokering, simple past and past participle brokered)

1. To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.

Translations

to mediate in a sale or transaction

• Bulgarian: посреднича (bg) (posredniča)
• French: négocier (fr)

• Portuguese: intermediar (pt)
• Swahili: udalali (sw)

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Etymology

English

Noun

broker m (invariable)

1. broker (commercial mediator)

Derived terms

• brokeraggio