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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b???k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?o?k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(?)

Etymology 1

From broke +? -er.

Adjective

broker

1. comparative form of broke: more broke

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-West Germanic *br?k? (“use, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *br?kiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ruHg- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook +? -er.

Noun

broker (plural brokers)

1. A mediator between a buyer and seller.
2. A stockbroker.
3. A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind.
   • 2014, Spencer C. Tucker, World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, ?ISBN, page 244

     The peace plan was representative of Benedict's inability to appear as a neutral broker of peace

4. (computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• brokage
• brokerage

Translations

Verb

broker (third-person singular simple present brokers, present participle brokering, simple past and past participle brokered)

1. (intransitive) To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.
2. (transitive) To act as a broker in; to arrange or negotiate.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English broker.

Noun

broker m (invariable)

1. broker (commercial mediator)

Derived terms

• brokeraggio

Polish

Etymology

From English broker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?.k?r/

Noun

broker m pers

1. (finance) stockbroker

   Synonym: makler

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) brokerski

Further reading

• broker in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• broker in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

broker m (plural brokers)

1. Alternative spelling of bróker

English

Noun

broking (uncountable)

1. The craft or profession of a broker; mediation in a sale or transaction.
2. (computing) The action of a broker agent; exchange of messages or transactions involving a software agent.
   • 2004, Min Li, Xiaobo Wu, Menglian Zhao Hui Wang, Xiaolang Yan, Heterogeneous Grid Computing for Energy Constrained Mobile Device, Laurence Tianruo Yang, et al. (editors), Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing: International Conference EUC 2004, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan, August 2004, Proceedings, LNCS 3207, page 360,

     The UPnP architecture provides features for connectivity layer and resource layer that are defined in general grid computing architecture. Unfortunately, collective layer mechanisms, such as co-allocation, directory service, broking, work load management, community account and payment, are not defined yet.

   • 2009, Jing Dong, Raymond Paul, Liang-Jie Zhang, High Assurance Services Computing, page 175,

     The required interface of the value-adding service will be finally fulfilled by the provided interfaces of the transportation services, with the broking and managing of the component objects and the architecture object.

Anagrams

• Borking, borking