broker
noun
an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
had brokered
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past perfectof broker.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The United States, China and Malaysia had brokered a truce to end the fighting between Cambodia and Thailand in July, but that ceasefire was short-lived.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
An agreement: Qatar said it had brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to allow medicine to be delivered to Israeli hostages and Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Saudi Arabia and the United States had brokered talks that had led to imperfectly-observed ceasefires with the aim of providing humanitarian assistance.
From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2023
In September he was released and returned to the UK after Saudi Arabia said it had brokered an exchange deal.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023
The parade ended at Darling Stadium, the namesake of the oyster magnate whose creative entrepreneurship had brokered the land deal with the federal government for the Langley laboratory a half century before.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
