broker

[broh-ker] /ˈbroʊ kər/
noun
1.
an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
2.
a person who functions as an intermediary between two or more parties in negotiating agreements, bargains, or the like.
3.
stockbroker.
verb (used with object)
4.
to act as a broker for:
to broker the sale of a house.
verb (used without object)
5.
to act as a broker.
Origin
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
Related forms
brokership, noun
subbroker, noun

broke

[brohk] /broʊk/
verb
1.
a simple past tense of break.
2.
Nonstandard. a past participle of break.
3.
Archaic. a past participle of break.
adjective
4.
without money; penniless.
5.
bankrupt.
noun
6.
Papermaking. paper unfit for sale; paper that is to be repulped.
7.
brokes, wool of poor quality taken from the neck and belly of sheep.
Idioms
8.
go broke,
  1. to become destitute of money or possessions.
  2. to go bankrupt:
    In that business people are forever going broke.
9.
go for broke, to exert oneself or employ one's resources to the utmost.
Origin
1655-65 (adj.); 1875-80 (noun)
Synonyms
4, 5. insolvent, destitute, impoverished.
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British Dictionary definitions for broker

broker

/ˈbrəʊkə/
noun
1.
an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells goods, securities, etc, in return for a commission: insurance broker
2.
(formerly) short for stockbroker
3.
a dealer in second-hand goods
verb
4.
to act as a broker (in)
Word Origin
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

broke

/brəʊk/
verb
1.
the past tense of break
adjective
2.
(informal) having no money; bankrupt
3.
(slang) go for broke, to risk everything in a gambling or other venture
Word Origin and History for broker
n.

late 14c., from Anglo-French brocour "small trader," from abrokur "retailer of wine, tapster;" perhaps from Portuguese alborcar "barter," but more likely from Old French brocheor, from brochier "to broach, tap, pierce (a keg)," from broche "pointed tool" (see broach (n.)), giving original sense of "wine dealer," hence "retailer, middleman, agent." In Middle English, used contemptuously of peddlers and pimps.

v.

1630s (implied in brokering), from broker (n.). Related: Brokered.

broke

adj.

past tense and obsolete past participle of break (v.); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken in this sense is attested from 1590s). Old English cognate broc meant, in addition to "that which breaks," "affliction, misery."

broker in Culture

broker definition


A financial agent or intermediary; a middleman.

Slang definitions & phrases for broker

broke

adjective

Entirely out of money; destitute (1660s+)

Related Terms

all hell broke loose, dead broke, flat broke, go broke, go for broke


broker in Technology


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Idioms and Phrases with broker

broke

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