(a) The trade of a broker; the transaction of commercial business, as buying and selling, for other men. (b) The premium or commission of a broker…

The action or professional service of a broker; the broker's trade. Also attributive.

Brokerage.

The broker's trade; acting as a broker.

The business or action of a broker.

= broking, n.

Acting as a broker; the broker's trade.

Probably a compositorial error for brokery, n.

The work or professional service of a factor; the action of buying or selling goods on commission; factoring. Also figurative.

The action or process of factoring goods, money, property, invoices, debt, etc.; the work of a factor or agent. Cf. earlier factorage, n. 1b.

= brokerage, n. 2.

= brokerage, n.

The office or action of a broker; intermediation.