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Webster 1913 Edition
Broker
Bro′ker
(brō′kẽr)
, Noun.
[OE. ]
brocour
, from a word akin to broken
, bruken
, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. brūcan
to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker
, F. brocanteur
. See Brook
, Verb.
T.
1.
One who transacts business for another; an agent.
2.
(Law)
An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own.
Story.
3.
A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.
4.
A dealer in secondhand goods.
[Eng.]
5.
A pimp or procurer.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Bill broker
, one who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange.
– Curbstone broker
or Street broker
an operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street.
[U.S.]
– Exchange broker
, one who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money.
– Insurance broker
, one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire.
– Pawn broker
. See
– Pawnbroker
. Real estate broker
, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage.
– Ship broker
, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc.
– Stock broker
. See
Stockbroker
.Webster 1828 Edition
Broker
BRO'KER
,Noun.
1.
An agent or negotiator, who is employed by merchants to make and conclude bargains for them for a fee or rate per cent., or who transacts other business for his employers.Brokers are of several kings.
1.
Exchange-brokers, who make and conclude bargains for others in matters of money or merchandize, learn the rate of exchange and notify their employers.2.
Stock-brokers, who are employed to buy and sell shares in the stocks, whether of the public funds, of banks or of other corporations.3.
Pawn-brokers, who make it their business to lend money upon pawns, that is, property deposited in pledge.4.
Insurance-brokers,whose business is to procure the insurance of vessels at sea or bound on a voyage.In the U. States, the business of a stockbroker and an insurance-broker is often or generally carried on by the same person.
2.
One who deals in old household goods.3.
A pimp or procurer.Definition 2024
broker
broker
See also: bróker
English
Adjective
broker
Etymology 2
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-Germanic *brūkiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrug- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook + -er. 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.
Noun
broker (plural brokers)
- A mediator between a buyer and seller.
- A stockbroker.
- 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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2014, Spencer C. Tucker, World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, ISBN 1851099654, page 244
- (computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.
Hyponyms
mediator between a buyer and seller
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computing: agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions
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Derived terms
Translations
mediator between a buyer and seller
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stockbroker
Verb
broker (third-person singular simple present brokers, present participle brokering, simple past and past participle brokered)
- To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.
Translations
to mediate in a sale or transaction
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