broker

See also: Broker and bróker

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹəʊkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)

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”), 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

broker (plural brokers)

1. A mediator between a buyer and seller.
2. A stockbroker.
3. A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind.
   • 2014, Spencer C. Tucker, World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, ISBN 1851099654, page 244

     The peace plan was representative of Benedict's inability to appear as a neutral broker of peace

4. (computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.

Hyponyms

mediator between a buyer and seller

• playbroker

• power broker

• stockbroker

computing: agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions

• message broker

• object request broker

• storage resource broker

• tunnel broker

Derived terms

• brokage
• brokerage

Translations

mediator between a buyer and seller

• Bulgarian: посредник (bg) m (posrednik), брокер m (broker)
• Danish: mægler c
• Dutch: tussenpersoon (nl) m
• Finnish: välittäjä (fi)
• French: courtier (fr) m, représentant (fr) m, démarcheur (fr) m
• German: Vermittler m, Makler (de) m
• Persian: دلال‏‎ (fa) (dallâl), کارگزار‏‎ (fa) (kâr-gozâr)
• Portuguese: intermediário (pt) m, corretor (pt)
• Romanian: agent (ro) m
• Russian: посре́дник (ru) m (posrédnik), бро́кер (ru) m (bróker), ма́клер (ru) m (mákler)

• Slovene: posrednik m
• Southern Altai: ортокчы (ortokçı)
• Spanish: corredor (es), intermediario (es) m
• Swahili: madalali (sw)
• Swedish: mäklare (sv) c
• Tagalog: koredor
• Tamil: தரகர் (ta) (tarakar)
• Turkish: komisyoncu (tr), simsar (tr)
• Yiddish: מעקלער‏‎ m (mekler), מעקלערין‏‎ f (meklerin), מעקלערקע‏‎ f (meklerke)

stockbroker

• Danish: børsmægler c
• Finnish: arvopaperimeklari (fi)

• German: Broker (de) m, Börsenmakler (de) m, Börsenmaklerin f

computing: agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions

• Swahili: madalali (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Czech: zprostředkovatel m, makléř (cs) m
• Finnish: välittäjä (fi)

• Serbo-Croatian: mešetar (sh) m, mešetarka f
• Turkish: simsar (tr)

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

---

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English broker.

Noun

broker m (invariable)

1. broker (commercial mediator)

Derived terms

• brokeraggio

---

Spanish

Noun

broker m (plural brokers)

1. Alternative spelling of bróker