English > broker: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission. |
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| Synonyms | agent, factor |
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| Member of | brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm | A stock broker's business |
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| Narrower | auctioneer | An agent who conducts an auction |
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| insurance broker, insurance agent, general agent, underwriter | An agent who sells insurance |
| investment banker, underwriter | A banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities |
| real estate broker, real estate agent, estate agent, land agent, house agent | A person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land |
| ship broker | An agent for the ship owner |
| stockbroker | An agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds |
| syndic | One appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions |
| travel agent | someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers |
| Broader | businessperson, bourgeois | A capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise |
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| Spanish | agente de negocios, agente, broker, corredor, factor, intermediario |
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| Catalan | agent de borsa, agent de negocis, corredor, factor |
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| Verbs | broker | act as a broker |
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