Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Etymology tree English broke Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English broker From broke + -er.
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. Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German brukere (“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.
Liz Brent, broker at Go Brent in Maryland and Washington, DC, said she’s spent the past few months changing how she presents properties by emphasizing photographs, 3-D tours, and video vignettes for homes online.2020 June 12, Anna Bahney, “The new rules of buying and selling a house in a coronavirus world”, in CNN Business:
It is singular how forcibly this passage in my narrative brings to my mind a picture which used to be, some years ago, at a broker's—that charnel-house of the comforts and graces of life. It had been taken out of its frame, and leant in a dark and dusty corner against a perpendicular armchair, whose rigid uprightness seemed suited only to the parlour of a dentist, repose being the last idea it suggested.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 119:
The peace plan was representative of Benedict's inability to appear as a neutral broker of peace2014, Spencer C. Tucker, World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection, →ISBN, page 244:
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| brokers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
body broker · insurance broker · data broker · suit broker · broker-dealer · shipbroker · brokerage · prime broker · rehab broker · banker and broker · brokeress · brokerly · sharebroker · brokership · identity broker · telebroker · brokage · subbroker · woolbroker · marriage broker
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· tg симсор (mediator between a buyer and seller) · es corredor de bolsa (stockbroker) · de Börsenmaklerin (stockbroker) · es agente de cambio [y bolsa] (stockbroker) · mk брокер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tr komisyoncu (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tg даллол (mediator between a buyer and seller) · cs makléř (mediator between a buyer and seller) · id pialang (mediator between a buyer and seller) · uk ма́клер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · arz سمسار (mediator between a buyer and seller) · nl tussenpersoon (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ru бро́кер (stockbroker) · ka ბროკერი (mediator between a buyer and seller) · nb megler (mediator between a buyer and seller) · pt corretor (mediator between a buyer and seller) · lt makleris (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ro samsar (mediator between a buyer and seller) · el μεσίτρια (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ru посре́дник (mediator between a buyer and seller) · pt intermediário (mediator between a buyer and seller) · az vasitəçi (mediator between a buyer and seller) · vi người môi giới (mediator between a buyer and seller) · mt sensar (mediator between a buyer and seller) · pl makler (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ar دَلَّال (mediator between a buyer and seller) · kk делдал (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tr simsar (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ug دەللال (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ar سِمْسَار (mediator between a buyer and seller) · el μεσίτης (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ar وَسِيط (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ky маклер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ota سفسیر (mediator between a buyer and seller) · de Broker (stockbroker) · uk посере́дник (mediator between a buyer and seller) · km ជើងសារជំនួញ (mediator between a buyer and seller) · nl makelaar (mediator between a buyer and seller) · sl posrednik (mediator between a buyer and seller) · th นายหน้า (mediator between a buyer and seller) · az makler (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ta தரகர் (mediator between a buyer and seller) · es bróker (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tr broker (mediator between a buyer and seller) · es corredor (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tg восит (mediator between a buyer and seller) · it broker (mediator between a buyer and seller) · fi välittäjä (computing: agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions) · yi מעקלער (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ms broker (stockbroker) · sv börsmäklare (stockbroker) · ota دلال (mediator between a buyer and seller) · pt corretor de bolsa (stockbroker) · ms broker (mediator between a buyer and seller) · yi מעקלערין (mediator between a buyer and seller) · he בְּרוֹקֶר (mediator between a buyer and seller) · as দালাল (mediator between a buyer and seller) · et vahendaja (mediator between a buyer and seller) · mn маклер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ja ブローカー (mediator between a buyer and seller) · da børsmægler (stockbroker) · is miðlari (mediator between a buyer and seller) · fr démarcheur (mediator between a buyer and seller) · uz makler (mediator between a buyer and seller) · sh по̀среднӣк (mediator between a buyer and seller) · es agente de bolsa (stockbroker) · fa-ira سِمْسار (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ru ма́клер (stockbroker) · de Makler (mediator between a buyer and seller) · lv mākleris (mediator between a buyer and seller) · az dəllal (mediator between a buyer and seller) · la interpres (mediator between a buyer and seller) · be ма́клер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · hy միջնորդ (mediator between a buyer and seller) · bg бро́кер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · cmn 經紀人 /经纪人 (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tg воситачӣ (mediator between a buyer and seller) · mk посредник (mediator between a buyer and seller) · sh burzovni mešetar (stockbroker) · fi arvopaperimeklari (stockbroker) · ko 중개인 (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ur دَلال (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ko 브로커 (mediator between a buyer and seller) · fa-ira کارْگُزار (mediator between a buyer and seller) · lv brokeris (mediator between a buyer and seller) · fa-ira دَلَّال (mediator between a buyer and seller) · pt corretor de valores (stockbroker) · sv mäklare (mediator between a buyer and seller) · es broker (stockbroker) · ja 仲立人 (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ary سمسار (mediator between a buyer and seller) · cmn 中間人 /中间人 (mediator between a buyer and seller) · my ပွဲစား (mediator between a buyer and seller) · sh pòsrednīk (mediator between a buyer and seller) · sq sekser (mediator between a buyer and seller) · lt brokeris (mediator between a buyer and seller) · uk бро́кер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · hy բրոքեր (mediator between a buyer and seller) · de Vermittler (mediator between a buyer and seller) · uz dallol (mediator between a buyer and seller) · sh burzovna mešetarka (stockbroker) · uk бро́кер (stockbroker) · hu alkusz (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ps دلال (mediator between a buyer and seller) · bg посре́дник (mediator between a buyer and seller) · sq komisioner (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ga bróicéir (mediator between a buyer and seller) · mn зуучлагч (mediator between a buyer and seller) · es bróker (stockbroker) · tr kambiyo ajanı (stockbroker) · sh burzovna posrednica (stockbroker) · hu közvetítő (mediator between a buyer and seller) · es broker (mediator between a buyer and seller) · sw dalali (mediator between a buyer and seller) · id pialang (stockbroker) · fr représentant (mediator between a buyer and seller) · nl beursmakelaar (stockbroker) · az komisyonçu (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ru ма́клер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tr tellal (mediator between a buyer and seller) · hu tőzsdeügynök (stockbroker) · hi बिचौलिया (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tt маклер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tg маклер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · la cociō (mediator between a buyer and seller) · sk maklér (mediator between a buyer and seller) · tk dellal (mediator between a buyer and seller) · mn брокер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ru бро́кер (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ka მაკლერი (mediator between a buyer and seller) · hu ügynök (mediator between a buyer and seller) · uz broker (mediator between a buyer and seller) · pl pośrednik (mediator between a buyer and seller) · uk ма́клер (stockbroker) · alt ортокчы (mediator between a buyer and seller) · be пасярэ́днік (mediator between a buyer and seller) · uz vositachi (mediator between a buyer and seller) · ota سمسار (mediator between a buyer and seller) · hi दलाल (mediator between a buyer and seller) · be бро́кер (mediator between a buyer and seller)
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. Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German brukere (“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.
"To help Eurostar survive, we brokered an agreement with the ORR and Department for Transport to defer part of their charging regime, and that helped its liquidity... that was the only way that it could survive.2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 44:
In Armando Iannucci’s sitcom The Thick of It, government spin doctor Malcolm Tucker brokers a peace with his opposition counterpart.2018 July 16, Kate Maltby, Ava Etemadzadeh, “Harassment is parliament’s dirty cross-party secret. Is it about to change?”, in The Guardian:
When you first arrived on Menae, I had a hard time seeing how you flying off with one of our best generals would benefit our fight against the Reapers. However, as I now watch turian and krogan fighters working together to take down a Reaper destroyer, I must admit I am impressed. You've brokered an alliance that many thought impossible.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Impressive work:
He would be well advised to be cautious, despite the fragile ceasefire that the US President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar brokered. Though President Trump reportedly told Israel not to kill Iran's supreme leader, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not rule it out.2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| brokers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| brokered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| brokered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| brokering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
sw udalali (to mediate in a sale or transaction) · pl pośredniczyć (to mediate in a sale or transaction) · bg посреднича (to mediate in a sale or transaction) · fr courter (to mediate in a sale or transaction) · pt intermediar (to mediate in a sale or transaction) · nl bemiddelen (to mediate in a sale or transaction) · hu közvetít (to mediate in a sale or transaction)