broker
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Adjective
broker
- 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 *bʰruHg- (“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)
- A mediator between a buyer and seller.
- A stockbroker.
- A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind.
- (computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.
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Verb
broker (third-person singular simple present brokers, present participle brokering, simple past and past participle brokered)
- (intransitive) To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.
- (transitive) To act as a broker in; to arrange or negotiate.
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Italian
Etymology
Noun
broker m (uncountable)
- broker (commercial mediator)
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Spanish
Noun
broker m (plural brokers)
- Alternative spelling of bróker
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