noun
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commission charged by a broker to his principals
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a broker's business or office
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of brokerage
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; broker + -age
Vocabulary lists containing brokerage
Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - High School
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Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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The brokerage expects to incur about $28 million in charges tied to the layoffs, to be recognized in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Fidelity told Barron’s that all of its brokerage customers that expressed interest in the IPO were able to participate.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
The majority of those orders are expected to go unfilled, but anyone with a brokerage account will be able to buy the shares once they begin trading.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Certain financial analysts have already set target prices for the shares above SpaceX's $135 estimate, including the global brokerage Oppenheimer which said on Thursday it expects the company to hit $190 a share.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
My aunt Nancy, Joseph’s mother, the large woman who had run a bakery on the Lower East Side, now had a marriage brokerage business.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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