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Definition of broker noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

broker

noun
 
/ˈbrəʊkə(r)/
 
/ˈbrəʊkər/
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  1. a person who buys and sells things for other people
    • Ask advice from an insurance broker.
    • a broker for the company
    Topics Moneyc2, Businessc2, Jobsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • credit
    • insurance
    • mortgage
    • …
    verb + broker
    • act as
    • be
    preposition
    • broker between
    • broker for
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  2. (also stockbroker)
     a person or an organization that buys and sells shares for other peopleTopics Jobsc2
  3. broker (between A and B) a person who arranges the details of an agreement between two groups or countries that disagree or oppose each other
    • He offered to act as a broker between the rebels and the government.
    • She acted as broker between the two opposing sides.
    4. see also honest broker, pawnbroker, power broker
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a retailer or pedlar): from Anglo-Norman French brocour, of unknown ultimate origin.
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