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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The brokerage raises the stock’s target price to 75.00 baht from 65.00 baht with an unchanged buy rating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Keeton now holds around 11,000 shares of Rocket Lab; brokerage records viewed by MarketWatch show that Keeton has realized over $3 million in Rocket Lab gains.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
After the SpaceX prospectus was made public on May 20, visitors to a Charles Schwab webpage of upcoming IPOs tripled, the brokerage said.
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
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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