noun
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commission charged by a broker to his principals
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a broker's business or office
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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Example Sentences
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MarketWatch reviewed Space Investor’s brokerage records and verified his identity.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Fidelity generally requires a minimum of $100,000 or $500,000 in brokerage accounts for investors to engage in IPOs, depending on the offering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
That trend is visible in recent pending data, Mike Simonsen, the chief economist at the brokerage Compass, wrote in a Monday missive.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Fidelity Investments, the big brokerage and mutual fund firm, long has had a rule protecting its small retail clients from plunging into initial public stock offerings while the shares were still subject to IPO-related hype.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
“No one three years ago expected this to happen on the brokerage side. So no one’s been trained to deal with this. We’ve pretty much said, ‘We’re going out of business.’
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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