Broker

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A mediator between a buyer and seller.
3. A stockbroker.
4. A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind.
5. An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“The peace plan⟳ was representative of Benedict's inability to appear⟳ as a neutral broker of peace”

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