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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BRO'KER, n. [from broke.]
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [syn: agent, factor, broker] v
1: act as a broker

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, negotiator, from Anglo-French brocour Date: 14th century 1. one who acts as an intermediary: as a. an agent who arranges marriages b. an agent who negotiates contracts of purchase and sale (as of real estate, commodities, or securities) 2. power broker 3. one who sells or distributes something <an information broker> • broker verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an agent who buys and sells for others; a middleman. 2 a member of the Stock Exchange dealing in stocks and shares. Usage: In the UK from Oct. 1986 officially called broker-dealer and entitled to act as agent and principal in share dealings. 3 Brit. an official appointed to sell or appraise distrained goods. Etymology: ME f. AF brocour, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Broker Bro"ker (br[=o]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. brocour, from a word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. br[=u]can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F. brocanteur. See Brook, v. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(brokers, brokering, brokered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A broker is a person whose job is to buy and sell shares, foreign money, or goods for other people. (BUSINESS) N-COUNT 2. If a country or government brokers an agreement, a ceasefire, or a round of talks, they try to negotiate or arrange it. The United Nations brokered a peace in Mogadishu at the end of March. = negotiate VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Factor, agent, middleman, go-between.

Moby Thesaurus

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