brokage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of brokage
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French brocage; broker, -age
Example Sentences
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And thus the Embassy of these Legates was concluded, and they returned from the place from whence they came, and the Iewes again to their Wits, following their Trade of Merchandize and Brokage as formerly, with more quiet, and advantage, then the meanes of regaining their Possessions in the Land of Promise.
From Project Gutenberg
"Bids are starting to emerge on the downside and I wouldn't be surprised if the dollar were to make another try for the upside," said a trade for a Japanese brokage in Tokyo.
From Reuters
Remember, sirrah, the dinners and suppers, fat venison and good words, I was fain to give you, christening your children still by the way of brokage.
From Project Gutenberg
This is brave judicial brokage.
From Project Gutenberg
They could neither possess property, nor engage in manufactures, nor cultivate the soil: they lived by botching and brokage.
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