See also: Broker and bróker

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From broke +‎ -er.

AdjectiveEdit

broker

  1. comparative form of broke: more broke

Etymology 2Edit

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.

NounEdit

 
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broker (plural brokers)

  1. A mediator between a buyer and seller.
    Hyponyms: playbroker, power broker, stockbroker, pawnbroker, floor broker, honest broker, money broker, piece broker, produce broker, sworn broker
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. [], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, [], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 119:
      It is singular how forcibly this passage in my narrative brings to my mind a picture which used to be, some years ago, at a broker's—that charnel-house of the comforts and graces of life. It had been taken out of its frame, and leant in a dark and dusty corner against a perpendicular armchair, whose rigid uprightness seemed suited only to the parlour of a dentist, repose being the last idea it suggested.
  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: message broker, object request broker, storage resource broker, tunnel broker
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VerbEdit

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.
    Synonym: broke
  2. (transitive) To act as a broker in; to arrange or negotiate.
    • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Impressive work:
      When you first arrived on Menae, I had a hard time seeing how you flying off with one of our best generals would benefit our fight against the Reapers. However, as I now watch turian and krogan fighters working together to take down a Reaper destroyer, I must admit I am impressed. You've brokered an alliance that many thought impossible.
    • 2018 July 16, Kate Maltby and Ava Etemadzadeh, “Harassment is parliament’s dirty cross-party secret. Is it about to change?”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In Armando Iannucci’s sitcom The Thick of It, government spin doctor Malcolm Tucker brokers a peace with his opposition counterpart.
TranslationsEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English broker.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

broker m (invariable)

  1. broker (commercial mediator)

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ broker in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English broker.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɔ.kɛr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔkɛr
  • Syllabification: bro‧ker

NounEdit

broker m pers

  1. (finance) stockbroker
    Synonym: makler

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

adjective

Further readingEdit

  • broker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • broker in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English broker.

NounEdit

broker m (plural brokeri)

  1. broker

DeclensionEdit

SpanishEdit

NounEdit

broker m (plural brokers)

  1. Alternative spelling of bróker