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
Regional leaders had brokered an agreement in November under which the rebels were meant to cease fire and withdraw from recently seized positions by Jan. 15, but that did not happen.
From Reuters ● Feb. 4, 2023
The increasing militant violence has strained relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, who had brokered the cease-fire in May.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 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
