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- broker ['brəυkə]
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1.
n
an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells goods, securities, etc, in return for a commission
- insurance broker
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2.
n
(formerly) short for stockbroker
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3.
n
a dealer in second-hand goods
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4.
vb
to act as a broker (in)
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5.
vb
[Etymology]
C14: from Anglo-French brocour broacher (of casks, hence, one who sells, agent), from Old Northern French broquier to tap a cask, from broque tap of a cask; see
broach 1
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1.
n
an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells goods, securities, etc, in return for a commission
Examples
- an exchange broker
- 外汇经纪人，汇兑掮客 → exchange
- insurance broker → broker
- an exchange broker → exchange
- insurance broker → insurance
- 外汇经纪人
- foreign exchange broker → 经纪人
- 房地产掮客
- a real estate broker → 掮客
- 他没什么原则，只是个政治掮客。
- He has no principles; he's just a political broker. → 掮客
- 他是职业的股票炒手。
- He is a professional stock broker. → 炒手
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