Broker

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊkÉ™(r)

From broke + -er.

Adjective

1. broker

   (comparative of broke)

From Middle English broker, brokour, brocour, from Anglo-Norman brocour ("small trader") (compare also abroker ("to act as a broker")), from Old Dutch *brokere ("one who determines the usages of trade, manager"), from broke, bruyck, breuck ("use, usage, trade"), from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz ("use, custom"), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrug- ("to use, enjoy"), equivalent to brook + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German brukere ("a broker"), Eastern Frisian broker ("a broker"), Danish bruger ("a broker, user, handler"), Swedish bruk ("use, custom, trade, business"), Old English broc ("use, profit, advantage, foredeal"). Compare also French brocanter ("to deal in second-hand goods") from the same Germanic source. More at brook.

Noun

1. A mediator between a buyer and seller.
2. (computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.

Derived terms

• brokage
• brokerage
• playbroker
• power broker
• stockbroker

Full definition of broker

Verb

1. To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.