Types of Brokers

bro·ker (br

1. One that acts as an agent for others, as in negotiating contracts, purchases, or sales in return for a fee or commission.

2. A stockbroker.

3. A power broker.

tr.v. bro·kered, bro·ker·ing, bro·kers

To arrange or manage as a broker: broker an agreement among opposing factions.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman brocour, abrocour; akin to Spanish alboroque, ceremonial gift at conclusion of business deal, from Arabic al-barka, the blessing, colloquial variant of al-baraka : al-, the + baraka, blessing, divine favor (from braka, to bless; see brk in Semitic roots).]

Word History: Giving gifts to one's broker might be justifiable from an etymological point of view because the word broker may be connected through its Anglo-Norman source, brocour, abrocour, with Spanish alboroque, meaning "ceremony or ceremonial gift after the conclusion of a business deal." If this connection does exist, "business deal" is the notion shared by the Spanish and Anglo-Norman words because brocour referred to the middleman in transactions. The English word broker is first found in Middle English in 1355, several centuries before we find instances of its familiar compounds pawnbroker, first recorded in 1687, and stockbroker, first recorded in 1706.

broker [ˈbrəʊkə]

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells goods, securities, etc., in return for a commission insurance broker

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) (formerly) short for stockbroker

3. (Business / Professions) a dealer in second-hand goods

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) to act as a broker (in)

[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]

broker - Originally, a broker or brokour bought wine cheaply in quantity and sold it at a profit; broker came to mean any retailer who did this, or a middleman/agent.

See also related terms for profit.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	broker - a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission agent, factor brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm - a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller auctioneer - an agent who conducts an auction bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise insurance agent, insurance broker, underwriter, general agent - an agent who sells insurance investment banker, underwriter - a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities estate agent, house agent, land agent, real estate agent, real estate broker - a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a real estate agent a land agent" ship broker - an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge stockbroker - an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds syndic - one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions travel agent - someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers
Verb	1.	broker - act as a broker commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) negotiate, talk terms, negociate - discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house"

broker

noun

dealer, marketer, agent, trader, supplier, merchant, entrepreneur, negotiator, chandler, mediator, intermediary, wholesaler, middleman, factor, purveyor, go-between, tradesman, merchandiser They met through a commercial marriage broker.

verb

organize, run, plan, set up, arrange, construct, put together, get together, marshal, get going, coordinate He tried to broker a peace conference.

Translations

broker [ˈbrəʊkəʳ]

A. N (Comm) → agente mf; (= stockbroker) → corredor(a) m/f de bolsa, bolsista mf

B. VT [+ deal, agreement] → negociar

broker [ˈbrəʊkə^r]

n → courtier m (en bourse), agent m de change

vt [+ peace, agreement, deal, plan] → négocier, négocier en tant qu'intermédiaire

broker

n (St Ex, Fin, real estate) → Makler m; yachting broker → Bootshändler m

vt deal, agreement → aushandeln

broker [ˈbrəʊkəʳ] n (Comm) → mediatore/trice; (stock broker) → agente m/f di cambio

broker

n broker [ˈbrəukə]

a person employed to buy and sell (especially shares etc) for others an insurance broker; a stockbroker. makelaar سِمْسار، وَكيلٌ تِجاري посредник jednatel, makléř mægler der Makler μεσίτης, χρηματιστής corredor/agente de bolsa maakler دلال؛ کارگذار kaupanvälittäjä courtier סוֹכֵן מְניוֹת दलाल broker alkusz, bróker pialang intermediario, mediatore; agente di cambio 仲買人 중개인 brokeris (biržas) mākleris; starpnieks; apdrošināšanas aģents broker makelaar mekler makler corretor broker, agent de bursă брокер sprostredkovateľ, maklér posrednik broker mäklare นายหน้า komisyoncu, simsar 經紀人 брокер دلال người môi giới 经纪人

broker → سِمسار makléř mægler Makler μεσίτης agente välittäjä courtier mešetar agente di cambio ブローカー 중개인 effectenmakelaar megler makler corretor de valores маклер mäklare นายหน้า komisyoncu người môi giới 经纪人

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