broker

[US]/ˈbrəʊkə(r)/
[UK]/ˈbroʊkər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. agent for stocks, foreign exchange, etc.; intermediary, agent; middleman who arranges contracts
vi. act as a negotiator or intermediary
vt. arrange... in the capacity of an intermediary

Phrases & Collocations

real estate broker

stock broker

insurance broker

customs broker

Example Sentences

a broker for the company

speculative brokers; speculative stocks.

a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect.

broker an agreement among opposing factions.

brokers finance themselves additionally by short-term borrowing.

fighting continued despite attempts to broker a ceasefire.

It was improper of the broker to withhold the information from the stock exchange.

production executives were expert at stroking stars and brokering talent.

Brokers annualize a yield on an investment by multiplying weekly dividends by 52 and dividing the answer by the net asset value per share.

This paper proposes a new Calking Dynamic Replication Distribution Algorithm(CDRDA) considering the communication cost among storage resource brokers and the characteristic of data accessing.

In 2003, Turkey refused to accept the ship for shipbreaking, and in addition, a German ship broker was unsuccessful in his attempt to remove visible asbestos from ship in Italy when costs skyrocketed.

Real-world Examples

What is this agreement that's being brokered by the Russians here?

Source: NPR News November 2020 Collection

You can still be a broker on the floor.

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2019 Collection

So you call a broker... Lincoln Chang in Jersey City...

Source: Billions Season 1

Efforts to broker a peace deal in Ukraine are gaining momentum.

Source: AP Listening March 2015 Collection

Congress had to step in and brokered a compromise.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2020 Collection

Lettrick is an insurance broker in Pennsylvania and grew up playing with Lego.

Source: Wall Street Journal

Or I see on TV today many people claiming to be Discount Brokers.

Source: Rich Dad Poor Dad

He was seen as someone who was closer to those traditional power brokers.

Source: NPR News April 2021 Compilation

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says efforts to broker a peace deal will continue.

Source: CRI Online March 2020 Collection

The meeting at the Syrian dialogue congress has been brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran.

Source: BBC Listening Collection February 2018

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