broker

Related topics: Stocks & shares

1. BFSsomeone who buys and sells things such as shares in companies or foreign money for other people 〔为别人买卖股票或外汇的〕经纪人 → stockbroker

2 someone who arranges sales or business agreements for other people 〔为别人安排交易的〕经纪人，掮客

a real estate broker

房地产经纪人

Examples from the Corpus

broker• Charities could become employers, brokers, trainers.• Finally, brokers scour the market for the best deal.• Orders from brokers were rushing in constantly, and the orders were the same: sell, sell, sell.• Information brokers, for example, are rapidly becoming necessary in dealing with the voluminous amounts of information on the networks.• But many brokers predict a long-term downward trend for maize due to the likelihood of a heavily oversupplied market.• Although the market extended its trading hours, many brokers refused to take orders because of the volatility of share prices.• The police, fire department, hotel, stock brokers, lawyers and gay leagues are among these indie leagues.• The broker was said to have acted honestly and in good faith, and that was all that was required of him.

broker2 verb [transitiveT]

broker a deal/settlement/treaty etc ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETCto arrange the details of a deal etc so that everyone can agree to it 就交易/协议/条约等进行调停

a ceasefire agreement brokered by the UN

由联合国出面调停而达成的停火协议

From Longman Business Dictionary

brokerbro·ker1 /ˈbrəʊkəˈbroʊkər/ noun [countableC]FINANCEJOBORGANIZATIONSINSURANCEPROPERTY

a person or organization that buys and sells SECURITIES, currencies, property, insurance etc for others

The success of Independent Insurance comes from a close relationship with its brokers, who take a commission for acting as go-betweens with clients.

brokerbroker2 verb [transitiveT]COMMERCE

to arrange the details of a deal etc so that everyone can agree to it

Arnold brokered the deal.

Ovitz brokered the multibillion-dollar Japanese acquisitions of Columbia and MCA.

Origin broker1

(1300-1400) Anglo-French brocour

Chinese

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