broker

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹəʊkə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/ Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From broke + -er. ==== Adjective ==== broker comparative form of broke: more broke === Etymology 2 === 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-West Germanic *brūkī (“use, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== broker (plural brokers) A mediator between a buyer and seller. Hyponyms: playbroker, power broker, stockbroker, pawnbroker, floor broker, honest broker, money broker, piece broker, produce broker, sworn broker A stockbroker. A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind. (computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions. Hyponyms: message broker, object request broker, storage resource broker, tunnel broker ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== broker (third-person singular simple present brokers, present participle brokering, simple past and past participle brokered) (intransitive) To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction. Synonym: broke (transitive) To act as a broker in; to bring about through brokering or negotiation; to arrange or negotiate. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English broker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrɔ.ker/, /ˈbro.ker/ Rhymes: -ɔker, -oker Hyphenation: brò‧ker, bró‧ker === Noun === broker m (invariable) broker (commercial mediator) ==== Derived terms ==== brokeraggio === References === == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English broker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrɔ.kɛr/ Rhymes: -ɔkɛr Syllabification: bro‧ker === Noun === broker m pers (finance) stockbroker Synonym: makler ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “broker”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “broker”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English broker. === Noun === broker m (plural brokeri) broker ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English broker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾoukeɾ/ [ˈbɾou̯.keɾ] Rhymes: -oukeɾ Syllabification: bro‧ker === Noun === broker m (plural brokers) alternative spelling of bróker ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “broker”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA