an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
a person who functions as an intermediary between two or more parties in negotiating agreements, bargains, or the like.
stockbroker.
verb (used with object)
to act as a broker for: to broker the sale of a house.
verb (used without object)
to act as a broker.
Origin of broker
1350–1400; Middle English broco(u)r<Anglo-French broco(u)r, abrocour middleman, wine merchant; compare Old Provençal abrocador, perhaps based on Spanish alboroque gift or drink concluding a transaction (<Arabic al-burūk the gift, gratuity), with -ador<Latin -ātōr--ator
The London-based nonprofit Privacy International has challenged the legality of the data broker business under GDPR, targeting Oracle among others.
App bans won’t make US security risks disappear|Amy Nordrum|September 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Khalil El-Ghoul is principal broker of Glass House Real Estate.
Is fall the new spring for real estate in 2020?|Khalil Alexander El-Ghoul|September 19, 2020|Washington Blade
Google is the largest broker of ad sales on all other sites, serving most buyers and most sellers.
Why we don’t need to break up Google|Aaron Pressman|September 4, 2020|Fortune
John Casey, then the city’s ballpark administrator who also helped with major real estate deals, said he kicked around potential solutions with Jason Hughes, a commercial real estate broker and unpaid city adviser.
The Deal Before the 101 Ash St. Debacle Helps Explain How We Got Here|Lisa Halverstadt and Jesse Marx|August 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
A study by Savills, the commercial property broker, found that traffic last month at high-end shopping malls in three of China’s top five cities had returned to, or exceeded, pre-virus levels.
When you are safely out, you give your password to the smuggler who calls it in to the broker to release the funds.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The broker who sold the policy went so far as to say the doctors had been lying to me.
My Insurance Company Killed Me, Despite Obamacare|Malcolm MacDougall|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
John Kerry wants to broker a deal to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas.
Everyone Says John Kerry Should Stay Out of the Middle East|Josh Rogin|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before he heads for the exits, Cantor can do something good for the country and broker a deal updating the Voting Rights Act.
Eric Cantor’s Last, Legacy-Burnishing Task: Update the VRA|Ron Christie|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kairkhwa also tried to broker a peace in 2001 between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance with Iranian help, but that failed.
CIA Chief, White House Chief of Staff Long Argued the Taliban 5 Could Go Free|Josh Rogin, Eli Lake|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A broker's man in a poor neighbourhood wouldn't be bad perhaps.
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit|Charles Dickens
The next day when I got into the train to go to town, there was my friend the broker.
Christopher Crayon's Recollections|J. Ewing Ritchie
Usually the broker keeps a current account with the underwriter, and premiums and losses are dealt with in account.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
When Harding came in from up town, Miller was making arrangements to go out, as he said, to meet a broker as per agreement.
The Comstock Club|Charles Carroll Goodwin
Oh, I'm a broker in investment securities; that's the way they have me down in the Indianapolis Directory.
Otherwise Phyllis|Meredith Nicholson
British Dictionary definitions for broker
broker
/ (ˈbrəʊkə) /
noun
an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells goods, securities, etc, in return for a commissioninsurance broker
(formerly) short for stockbroker
a dealer in second-hand goods
verb
to act as a broker (in)
Word Origin for broker
C14: from Anglo-French brocour broacher (of casks, hence, one who sells, agent), from Old Northern French broquier to tap a cask, from broque tap of a cask; see broach1