broker

UK: /ˈbrəʊkə^r/ US: /ˈbroʊkɚ/ ,(brō′kər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

bro•ker /ˈbroʊkɚ/   n. 

[countable]
1. Business an agent in business who buys or sells for another:
   an insurance broker.
2. Business, one who acts as an intermediary in arranging marriages, negotiating agreements, etc.:
   a marriage broker.
3. Banking, Business stockbroker.

v. [~ + object]

4. Business to act as a broker for:
   to broker the sale of a house.
5. Government to negotiate or arrange as a broker:
   Party officials brokered the deal between the president and his vice-presidential candidate.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bro•ker  (brō′kər), n. 

1. Business an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
2. Business a person who functions as an intermediary between two or more parties in negotiating agreements, bargains, or the like.
3. Banking, Business stockbroker.

v.t. 

4. Business to act as a broker for:
   to broker the sale of a house.

v.i. 

5. Government, Business to act as a broker.

• Latin -ātōr- -ator
• Arabic al-burūk the gift, gratuity), with -ador
• Anglo-French broco(u)r, abrocour middleman, wine merchant; compare Old Provencal abrocador, perh. based on Spanish alboroque gift or drink concluding a transaction (
• Middle English broco(u)r 1350–1400

bro′ker•ship′, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

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

Etymology: 14th Century: 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