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broker English

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broker

A broker is a person who helps a buyer and seller do a trade. A broker is usually not involved in the trade and is not biased towards either the buyer or seller. A broker is an agent that helps to relay and exchange messages.

broker

(= agent) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission act as a broker

Synonyms broker synonyms

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Conjugation broker conjugation

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broker · verb

Examples broker examples

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Simple sentences

The real estate broker was lavish in his spending in Ginza.
Tom was a stock broker.
The U.S. Secretary of State is trying to broker a ceasefire between the warring parties.

Movie subtitles

I climb poles to put up wires so that some broker in New York.. cancallsomeguy inLosAngeles and tell him he's been wiped out.
I think he's a blackmailer, a hot-car broker.
I got a broker from Wall Street putting up the rest.
Look, get that broker on the phone.
He's a broker.
And a broker says it's no good.
Well, I'm no broker, but.
I'm a broker.
You're a stock broker and Alice's lover and suspected of murder in the play.
Tomorrow I'm gonna call my broker and have him buy me 50,000 shares of Venezuelan oil.
A broker, huh?
Now, what's to prevent me, say, from going to a broker on the morning of october 23 or 22?
Would be nice: if Krutchev would go there, he'd find broker's offices all around!
Her husband was apparently a silkworm cocoon broker named Unosuke.
My father, Si Kaddour, sent me to tell you Emir Abd el-Kader, the leader of the holy war, is ready to broker peace.
You think he's just a gambler, don't you? I think he's a blackmailer, a hot-car broker. - Stop talking!
His father's a big broker.
I got a broker from Wall Street putting up the rest. A saxophone player, huh?
Look, get that broker on the phone. I'll talk to him myself.
Was that it, Charlie? - Yeah, just about. He's a broker.
Why should you feel awful? Is it your fault a broker doesn't know a good play when he sees it?
You must sign up immediately with a broker.
He was Harley Chase's half-brother, a big stock-broker in New York.
He's the insurance broker.
A music broker by the name of Steinach to name just one.
These are the purchasers for whom I acted as broker.
Daughters, one of 'em married to a high-Class broker. who knows how to invest their money more wisely.
I'm a retired real estate broker.
She also asked me if you were doing well as an insurance broker.
And the Bank of France is going to have to act as a corrupt unofficial broker.
Wall Street? - Yeah, he was a stock broker.
For my partner and broker my company would reserve a Swiss bank account. Does that suit you?
I am not a broker but a representative of Mademoiselle Veronica Duval.
Get in touch with the freight broker.
I looked for a man of stature. who can broker the peace.

News and current affairs

His brief is to be the honest broker, the facilitator of a dialogue between government and opposition leaders, particularly Aung San Suu Kyi.
To be sure, the US remains Asia's power broker, as it has been since the end of WWII.
Some speculate that the arrest is really part of a power struggle, with President Hu Jingtao demonstrating his authority against a local power broker who had thwarted national policy.
But they can often frame the choices and broker coalitions to push the existing boundaries of European integration.
Much depends on Egypt, which is best placed to broker an agreement.
If negotiators on both sides view it as a credible broker of a lasting and balanced agreement, they may be more receptive to each other's concessions.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan are willing to broker peace, and perhaps save the Palestinians from their own worst leadership.
The IMF's leadership tried to broker a deal over currencies at its April meeting, but without tangible results.
They agree that it is fair to broker an arrangement with your correspondent to publish together.
Most of the media not controlled by the right wing tried to play the role of honest broker, giving equal weight to each interpretation.
But the Turkish government has increasingly allowed itself to be dragged into Middle East conflicts, rather than functioning as an honest broker.
A democracy that is over-dependent on an outside power, and monopolized by one party whose main role is to broker deals between big business and the bureaucracy, will become stunted and corrupt.
The EU rushed in to broker a settlement that some contend was against Ukraine's interests.
That spat not only prevented a merger, apparently welcomed by the market, with the Dutch firm KPN, it put the Spanish Security and Exchange Commission (CNMV) in a difficult spot as broker between government and a powerful company boss.
Indeed, Turkey has never missed an opportunity to present itself as a regional broker.
Only Europe can play the role of honest broker in the region's atmosphere of suspicion and intolerance.
But a month-long attempt to broker an inclusive government failed.
DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa - the party's shadowy power broker - resigned from his post simultaneously with Hatoyama.
And banks and broker-dealers can be expected to provide only limited liquidity to their clients if a large number of them suddenly seek to realign their financial positioning at the same time.
Looking at preparations for the Copenhagen summit in December, when we will try to broker a new global agreement to combat climate change, does not make me grumpy.
One area of probable continuity is the Middle East, where Obama will continue to try to broker a deal between Israelis and Palestinians and press Iran not to develop nuclear weapons.
In addition, China has served as the principal broker in talks between the US and North Korea on nuclear issues, in which Japan has a huge stake.

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