noun
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commission charged by a broker to his principals
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a broker's business or office
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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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Uber started its freight business in 2017 with the goal of applying its expertise matching passengers with drivers to the freight brokerage market that links truckers with shipments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Buyers have not had this much negotiating power since the years following the Great Recession when the housing market crashed, the brokerage said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
The brokerage also foresees front-loading of exports for hybrid plug-ins and full EVs from 4Q26 to 1Q27 to avoid the impact of lower export-tax rebates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The brokerage lowers the stock’s target price to 4,665 rupiah from 5,150 rupiah to partly reflect higher cost of equity assumption, with an unchanged hold rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
When Cornwall Capital moved their assets to Bear Stearns, sure enough, their brokerage statements soon came back with Ace Greenberg’s name on top.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Margin debt, or investor borrowing from brokerages to buy securities, has hovered near record highs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Wall Street’s big banks, brokerages and investment firms have been pushing investors to buy obvious AI winners, the Milwaukee-based manager said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
In Ryan’s eyes, agents could ultimately help move client money for tax-loss harvesting and other goals more efficiently, leaving less cash sitting around for companies like brokerages to turn into their own profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
In recent years, retail traders have clamored for more access to newly public companies—but the number of shares allocated to brokerages in popular offerings often fall well short of demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
There were no longer any exchanges, insurance offices, brokerages, real estate offices, all that once represented the financial heart of the city and its industrial strength.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum
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