broker
noun /ˈbrəʊkə(r)/
/ˈbrəʊkər/
- a person who buys and sells things for other people
- Ask advice from an insurance broker.
- a broker for the company
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- credit
- insurance
- mortgage
- …
- act as
- be
- broker between
- broker for
- (also stockbroker)a person or an organization that buys and sells shares for other people
- broker (between A and B) a person who arranges the details of an agreement between two groups or countries that disagree or oppose each other
- He offered to act as a broker between the rebels and the government.
Extra Examples- He acted as broker between the two opposing sides.
- He used his position to establish himself as a power broker.
see also honest broker, pawnbroker, power broker
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a retailer or pedlar): from Anglo-Norman French brocour, of unknown ultimate origin.