单词 | broker |
释义 | brokern. I. A retailer of commodities; a second-hand dealer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > petty or sordid broker1393 hucker14.. huckster1556 trucker1598 hucksterer1724 truckster1843 trade rat1876 grey marketeer1942 grey marketer1943 cowboy1972 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 95 Ȝut am ich brocor of bakbytynge · and blame mennes ware. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 14 For gould his carcasse was sold by the broker Achilles. 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 30 But Broker of anothers wit. 1657 J. Angier Elegy in S. Purchas Pol. Flying Ins. Brokers in verse condemn it. 1730 E. Young Two Epist. to Pope i. 7 Millions of Wits, and Brokers in old Songs. 2. A dealer in second-hand furniture and apparel; a pawnbroker. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods upholder1333 upholster1411 broker1583 junkman1838 third-hand dealer1863 junker1889 junkie1902 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > one who lends money > one with whom pawn deposited > pawnbroker fulker1568 broker1583 uncle1606 pawnbroker1658 lumberer1802 dolly-man1851 pawn1851 nunky1875 Shylock1930 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 248 I haue lent lordes and ladyes my chaffare And ben her brocour after, and bouȝte it myself.] 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F5v I haue hard prisoners..declaime & crie out against brookers. For said they..if they would not haue receiued our stollen goods, we woulde neuer haue stollen them. 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood i. 47 Clad in the ruines of a Brokers shoppe. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iii. ii. sig. F4v One of the deuils neere kinsmen, a Broker . View more context for this quotation 1611 S. Rowlands Knave of Hrts. in Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 257 Or brokers, for their buying things are stole. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 43v Broker..the word is now also appropriated to them amongst us that buy and sell old and broken apparell and household-stuffe. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 69 Brokers, who deal in both new and old houshold goods. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton 15 An old landscape that has lain for years in a broker's shop. II. One who acts as a middleman in bargains. 3. a. ‘One employed as a middleman to transact business or negotiate bargains between different merchants or individuals’ (McCulloch). Formerly used more widely, including the senses of ‘jobber, agent, factor, commission-agent’. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] broker1377 factor1432 entermeter1440 broggerc1460 chapman1570 institor1657 mackeler1682 agent1707 commission man1733 agenting1751 supercargo1782 commission agent1798 commission merchant1798 curbstone broker1848 managing agent1969 society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > middleman broker1377 kiddier1551 huckster1574 jobber1647 middlemana1797 regrater1804 regrator1808 salesman- society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > business agent broker1377 officerc1390 factor1432 worker1560 commission man1733 gomashta1747 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 130 Amonges Burgeyses haue I be dwellynge at Londoun, And gert bakbitinge be a brocoure [C. brocor] to blame mennes ware. 1410 Will of Robert Beche (Guildhall Libr. MS 9171/2) f. 189v John Houghton Brocour Artis Aurifabrorum. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccv. 186 An alyen that was callyd Arnold of spayne that was a brocour of london. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 8 [If] the seller hymself or by his broker or factour..bye the same godes. 1509 Will of George Draycot (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/16) f. 142 Haberdassher and broker. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fiii/1 A Broker, proxeneta. 1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 260 There are in Pegu eight Brokers..which are bound to sell your goods at the price which they be woorth, and you giue them for their labour two in the hundred. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 202 The common saying is, That a craftie Merchant needeth no Broker. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 43v The true trade of a Broker..is to beat, contrive, make, and conclude Bargaines between Merchants and Tradesmen. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xiv. 24 By their profession they are for the most part Broakers. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4131/4 John Styles, Sworn-Broker [see 1849 at sense 3a]. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 60 He serv'd them for..a Broker, to bargain for them with the European Ships for Provisions. 1849 J. H. Freese Commerc. Class-bk. 19 Brokers ought to be sworn by the public authorities not to transact any business on their own account, under a heavy penalty; which is the case in..London, etc. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxi. 166 Never allow the money..to be retained by brokers, agents, or solicitors. b. ‘Brokers are divided into different classes; as bill brokers or exchange brokers, stock-brokers (see stockbroker n.), broker ship and insurance brokers, pawnbrokers (see pawnbroker n.)... The brokers who negotiate sales of produce between different merchants usually confine themselves to some one department or line of business’ (McCulloch), as cotton-broker, tea-broker, wool-broker, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns mercerc1230 clothier1362 draper1362 woolman1390 yarn-chopper1429 line-draper1436 Welsh drapera1525 telerc1540 purple-seller1547 linen-draper1549 staplera1552 silkman1553 woollen-draper1554 wool-driver1555 woolster1577 linener1616 woolner1619 linen-man1631 ragman1649 rag merchant1665 slop-seller1665 bodice-seller1672 piece-broker1697 wool-stapler1709 cloth-man1723 Manchester-man1755 fleece-merchanta1774 rag dealer1777 man's mercer1789 keelman1821 man-mercer1837 cotton-broker1849 slopper1854 shoddyite1865 costumier1886 cotton-man1906 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > stock-broker stockbroker1706 stock-jobber1833 brokera1860 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 64 Guided..by ignorant Brokers of Exchanges. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. i. 14 A man, whose cares..have degraded the office of commander in chief into a broker of commissions. 1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. ii. 21 The dignity..is depraved..into the base office of a commission broker. 1849 R. Cobden Speeches 46 The cotton brokers of Liverpool, and the cotton spinners of Manchester. 1852 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce 198 Their charge as ship brokers is about 2 per cent. on the gross receipts. When they act as insurance brokers they charge 5 per cent. on the premium. a1860 C. Fenn Eng. & For. Funds (1883) 127 The members of the Stock Exchange are called Jobbers and Brokers. The broker deals with the jobber for his principal, and is remunerated by commission. 1860 All Year Round 29 Sept. 582 Blacklegs..the betting brokers were formerly called. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > match-maker broker1377 marriage-maker1591 proxenete1609 matcher1611 ring-carriera1616 matchmaker1638 match-broker1640 marriage broker1662 marriage-bawd1676 match-monger1680 flesh-broker1699 wife broker1700 black-sole1725 marriage-monger?1748 Blackfoot1808 blackleg1825 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ii. 65 And now worth this Mede ymaried al to a mansed schrewe..Ac fauel was þe first þat fette hire out of boure, And as a brokour brouȝte hir, to be with fals enioigned. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 280 Brocours of love, that deceiven. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. J So many wowers, bawdys and brokers..that chast penelope Coude skant amonge them preserue her chastyte. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. B2 Pan. But here you, here you. Troy. Hence broker, lacky. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. ii. 41 Now (by my modesty) a goodly Broker . View more context for this quotation 1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses & Bk. Psalmes Numbers xv. 29 The heart and the eyes are the spies of the body, and brokers to bring it into transgression. a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 24 Danvill..left behind him a broker betwixt him and the queene, Monsieur Chatelat. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) cxxviii. 145 This Praying Carpenter here would have made Mercury a Broker to his Knavery. 5. a. A middleman, intermediary, or agent generally; an interpreter, messenger, commissioner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > intermediate agency > intermediate means > person as dealerc1000 meanc1384 mediatorc1390 moyen1455 intermediator1522 broker1530 middlera1533 intercessor1554 mercury1602 intermedial1605 transactor1611 interdealer1613 intermeddler1630 intercommuner1638 middleman1648 second hand1655 inter-agent1728 intermediary1791 in-between1815 medium1817 intermediate1879 come-between1919 tolkach1955 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 201/2 Broker that speketh many languages, truchement [i.e. dragoman]. 1576 G. Wapull Tyde taryeth no Man sig. B.i Thou helpe arte a broker, betweene man and man, Whereby much deceyte thou vsest now and than. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 91/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Thomas forthwith sent his messengers..to his cousin the Lord Butler,..wherevpon, the Lorde Butler returned Thomas hys brokers with this letter. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iv. i. 62 Naie you plaide the broker so ill for your selfe, That you shall giue me leaue to make my Choise as I thinke good. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xv. 639 The brocher and broker both of the treason, had brought word. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 196 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) These Nuntioes were so crafty, that they needed no Brokers. 1642 T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. i. xix. 61 As Truth got ever the upper hand..so the broakers and upholders of falshood came ever to the worse. 1864 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 118 The brokers of treason in the North. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent > attorney attorney-at-lawc1330 procuratorc1395 proctor?a1425 torney1490 writer1498 brokera1538 cognitor1880 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 56 Procturys & brokarys of both lawys, wych rather trowbul menny causys then fynysch them justely are to many. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > of a company, etc. > one who botcher?1518 broker?1518 jobber1739 union jobber1832 fraudster1975 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Hvi Be no toller, catchepoll, nor customer No broker nor botcher, no somner nor sergiaunt. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Diiiv Two fals knaues nede no broker. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 259 Flatterers, brokers, and such as are most wicked, carie away offices..and wastfully consume the publike treasure. 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London vi. sig. F2 Brokers yt shaue poor men by most iewish interest. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 569 That Broker, that still breakes the pate of faith, That dayly breake-vow, he that winnes of all. View more context for this quotation III. Someone authorized to sell property legally seized. 6. A person licensed to sell or appraise household furniture distrained for rent. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in household goods hardwareman1419 glass-man1597 hardware dealer1703 Chinaman1733 broker1818 Chinawoman1837 1818 Act 57 Geo. III xciii. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 50 A broker's man's is not a life to be envied..people hate and scout 'em because they're the ministers of wretchedness, like, to poor people. 1852 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce 198 Brokers, simply so called, in their character of appraisers and sellers of goods distrained for rent, are regulated by 57 Geo. III. c. 93. 1888 N.E.D. at Broker Mod. The landlord put in the brokers yesterday, and all his furniture is gone. Compounds broker-between n. = senses 3, 4. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > pimp putourc1390 panderc1450 mitchera1500 apple-squire?1536 squire of dames or ladies1590 apron-squire1593 bed-broker1594 pimp1600 pippin squire1600 petticoat-monger1605 smockster1608 underputter1608 broker-between1609 squire of the placket1611 squire1612 fleshmongera1616 cock bawd1632 whiskin1632 pimp-whiskin1638 bully1675 foot pimp1690 mutton-broker1694 pimp whisk1707 flash-man1789 panderer1826 bludger1856 whoremaster1864 mack1894 lover1904 jelly bean1905 procureur1910 P.I.1928 sweetback1929 sweet man1942 nookie-bookie1943 papasan1970 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 199 Let all constant men be Troylusses all false woemen Cressids, and all brokers betweene panders. broker-woman n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > procuress butcheressa1475 stew1552 bawdress1569 brokeress1582 pander1585 abbess1594 aunt1604 panderess1604 hackney womanc1616 bronstrops1617 procuress1638 provincialc1640 fruit-woman1673 flesh-broker1699 broker-woman1723 commode1725 coupleress1864 hack1864 procureuse1930 1723 London Gaz. No. 6217/4 Elizabeth Boden..Broker-woman. broker-like adj. ΚΠ 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Enf. Marr. iii, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IX. 512 What beards..gentlemenlike-beards, or brokerlike-beards? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). brokerv. 1. transitive. To act as a broker for; to arrange as a broker; to negotiate. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > brokerage > arrange or negotiate as a broker [verb (transitive)] broker1638 job1701 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce cclx. 218 Oiles are commonly laden at Porcupin, and were found in my time to have these charges for custome..for sea custome at 9 dob. per liver, brokered at 1 den. per liver. 1768 Y. Z. Seasonable Let. on Late Treaty with Nizam Allee Kawn 19 If the recent report of a peace, for which he is to be brokered out of only fifteen lacks [sic] of rupees..shall prove a fact, the machination is too base to be thought of without horror. 1870 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 5 Mar. Isn't there..some negro preacher, who has collected funds for church building and appropriated it for private use, and who ‘brokered’ his race into the army? 1901 Chicago Tribune 17 Sept. 13/1 The agents brokered the lines with non-board companies, thus violating the condition on which the cut was allowed. 1959 M. G. de Chazeau & A. E. Kahn Integration & Competition in Petroleum Industry xix. 509 We were not only..never out of crude, but we brokered crude to other refiners. 2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 28 Jan. 14/2 The man who brokered the Bosnia settlement at Dayton, Ohio. 2. intransitive. To act as a broker. Usually with for. ΚΠ 1728 D. Defoe Syst. Magick (new ed.) ii. Introd. 226 It is true these blackest of the Black-Art Men have a great many other things in their Practice, besides that of brokering for the Devil. 1816 Times 11 Oct. 3/1 He would..sit in a coffee-room at the west-end of the town, and offer to broker for seats in Parliament as easily as for cow-hides. 1925 N. Makeev & V. O'Hara Russia i. 24 The native Russian was satisfied with the less active rôle of brokering between the small dealers and the Hansa merchants. 2004 Newsweek (Electronic ed.) 15 Mar. Bacanovic brokered for both Martha and the Waksals. 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