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broker

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1. broker - Noun

2. broker - Adjective

3. broker - Verb

4. Broker - Proper noun

Meaning

One who transacts business for another; an agent.

An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own.

A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.

A dealer in secondhand goods.

A pimp or procurer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker role completely. Chris Matthews

Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker. Ron Chernow

I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit. Barbara Boxer

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. Honoré de Balzac

One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing. Kathleen Wynne

My first proper job was as a commodities broker. I went off to work every morning in an '80s power suit. I couldn't afford a good one, so I'd buy nice buttons instead and make it look better than it actually was. Trinny Woodall

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