broker
an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
a person who functions as an intermediary between two or more parties in negotiating agreements, bargains, or the like.
to act as a broker for: to broker the sale of a house.
to act as a broker.
Origin of broker
1Other words from broker
- bro·ker·ship, noun
- sub·bro·ker, noun
Words Nearby broker
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How to use broker in a sentence
The London-based nonprofit Privacy International has challenged the legality of the data broker business under GDPR, targeting Oracle among others.
App bans won’t make US security risks disappear | Amy Nordrum | September 21, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewGoogle is the largest broker of ad sales on all other sites, serving most buyers and most sellers.
John Casey, then the city’s ballpark administrator who also helped with major real estate deals, said he kicked around potential solutions with Jason Hughes, a commercial real estate broker and unpaid city adviser.
The Deal Before the 101 Ash St. Debacle Helps Explain How We Got Here | Lisa Halverstadt and Jesse Marx | August 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoA study by Savills, the commercial property broker, found that traffic last month at high-end shopping malls in three of China’s top five cities had returned to, or exceeded, pre-virus levels.
Haves and Have-Nots: Pandemic Recovery Explodes China’s Wealth Gap | Daniel Malloy | August 19, 2020 | OzyFor these brokers, the big money isn’t in the stock market—it’s in options.
Robinhood is making far more money from the options boom than from stocks | John Detrixhe | July 9, 2020 | Quartz
When you are safely out, you give your password to the smuggler who calls it in to the broker to release the funds.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe broker who sold the policy went so far as to say the doctors had been lying to me.
My Insurance Company Killed Me, Despite Obamacare | Malcolm MacDougall | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCaro wanted a clean start, a new editor, and enough money to survive on while he finished writing The Power broker.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece | Scott Porch | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“When Robert Moses began building playgrounds in New York City, there were 119,” Caro writes in The Power broker.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece | Scott Porch | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat single chapter, the most visceral and moving part of The Power broker, took Caro six months to research and write.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece | Scott Porch | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA delivery of a policy therefore, to an insurance broker, would be a delivery to his principal.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesA bill and note broker who does not disclose the principal's name is liable like other agents as a principal.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThence, indeed, in the course of a few days went a wealthy broker whose sign was three balls.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThey drove on, and reaching Winnipeg next day, went straight to Graham the wheat-broker's offices.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold Bindloss"I'll make it that much, and see the others do their share," said Dane, and then glanced at the broker with a curious smile.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for broker
/ (ˈbrəʊkə) /
an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells goods, securities, etc, in return for a commission: insurance broker
(formerly) short for stockbroker
a dealer in second-hand goods
to act as a broker (in)
Origin of broker
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Cultural definitions for broker
A financial agent or intermediary; a middleman.
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