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adj
comparative form of broke: more broke
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name
A surname.
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noun
A mediator between a buyer and seller.
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noun
A stockbroker.
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noun
A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind.
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noun
An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.
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verb
To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.
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Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: broke
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verb
To act as a broker in; to bring about through brokering or negotiation; to arrange or negotiate.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
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Synonyms: agent, factor
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Broader terms: businessperson, bourgeois
Narrower terms: auctioneer, insurance broker, insurance agent, general agent, underwriter, investment banker, real estate broker, real estate agent, estate agent, land agent, house agent, ship broker, stockbroker, syndic, travel agent
verb
act as a broker
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Broader terms: negociate, negotiate, talk terms
History
Etymology tree English broke Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English broker From broke + -er.
From Middle English broker, brokour, brocour, from Anglo-Norman brocour (“small trader”) (compare also abroker (“to act as a broker”)), from Old Dutch *brokere (“one who determines the usages of trade, manager”), from broke, bruyck, breuck (“use, usage, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkī (“use, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhruHg- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook + -er. Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German brukere (“a broker”), Danish bruger (“a broker, user, handler”), Swedish bruk (“use, custom, trade, business”), Old English broc (“use, profit, advantage, foredeal”). Compare also French brocanter (“to deal in second-hand goods”) from the same Germanic source. More at brook.
Across languages
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