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.
- stockbroker.
- to act as a broker for: to broker the sale of a house.
- to act as a broker.
Origin of broker
broke
- without money; penniless.
- bankrupt.
- Papermaking. paper unfit for sale; paper that is to be repulped.
- brokes, wool of poor quality taken from the neck and belly of sheep.
- go broke,
- to become destitute of money or possessions.
- to go bankrupt: In that business people are forever going broke.
- go for broke, to exert oneself or employ one's resources to the utmost.
Origin of broke
Synonyms for broke
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for broker
merchant, mediator, agent, intermediary, entrepreneur, financier, dealer, stockbroker, intercessor, negotiator, intermediate, go-between, factor, intercederExamples from the Web for broker
Contemporary Examples of broker
When you are safely out, you give your password to the smuggler who calls it in to the broker to release the funds.
The broker who sold the policy went so far as to say the doctors had been lying to me.
John Kerry wants to broker a deal to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas.
Before he heads for the exits, Cantor can do something good for the country and broker a deal updating the Voting Rights Act.
Kairkhwa also tried to broker a peace in 2001 between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance with Iranian help, but that failed.
CIA Chief, White House Chief of Staff Long Argued the Taliban 5 Could Go FreeJosh Rogin, Eli Lake
June 7, 2014
Historical Examples of broker
There's a broker I've known down-town—fellow by the name of Relpin.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
You'll have the broker in, and be turned out; that's what'll happen to you.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
His broker called for more margin; he could not respond and was sold out.
The Greater InclinationEdith Wharton
Your contract is as good only as the reliability of your broker.
About sugar buying for JobbersB. W. Dyer
Of this amount he had in his possession—in his broker's possession, that is—but two of the eighths.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
broker
- an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells goods, securities, etc, in return for a commissioninsurance broker
- (formerly) short for stockbroker
- a dealer in second-hand goods
- to act as a broker (in)
Word Origin for broker
broke
- the past tense of break
- informal having no money; bankrupt
- go for broke slang to risk everything in a gambling or other venture
Word Origin and History for broker
late 14c., from Anglo-French brocour "small trader," from abrokur "retailer of wine, tapster;" perhaps from Portuguese alborcar "barter," but more likely from Old French brocheor, from brochier "to broach, tap, pierce (a keg)," from broche "pointed tool" (see broach (n.)), giving original sense of "wine dealer," hence "retailer, middleman, agent." In Middle English, used contemptuously of peddlers and pimps.
1630s (implied in brokering), from broker (n.). Related: Brokered.
broke
past tense and obsolete past participle of break (v.); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken in this sense is attested from 1590s). Old English cognate broc meant, in addition to "that which breaks," "affliction, misery."
broker
A financial agent or intermediary; a middleman.
Idioms and Phrases with broker
broke
see flat broke; go broke; go for (broke); if it ain't broke don't fix it. Also see under break.