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broker
noun
1 broker
A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission.
synonyms: agent, factor.
Roget 758:
consignee,
trustee,
nominee,
committee.
agent,
delegate;
commissary,
commissioner;
emissary,
envoy,
commissionaire [Fr.];
messenger
etc.
534.
diplomatist,
diplomat,
diplomate,
corps diplomatique [Fr.],
embassy;
ambassador,
embassador†;
representative,
resident,
consul,
legate,
nuncio,
internuncio†,
charge d'affaires [Fr.],
attache.
vicegerent
etc.
(deputy)
759;
plenipotentiary.
functionary,
placeman†,
curator;
treasurer
etc.
801;
factor,
bailiff,
clerk,
secretary,
attorney,
advocate,
solicitor,
proctor,
broker,
underwriter,
commission agent,
auctioneer,
one's man of business;
factotum
etc.
(director)
694;
caretaker;
dalal†,
dubash†,
garnishee,
gomashta†.
negotiator,
go-between;
middleman;
under agent,
employe;
servant
etc.
746;
referee,
arbitrator
etc.
(judge)
967.
traveler,
bagman,
commis-voyageur [Fr.],
touter†,
commercial traveler,
drummer [U.S.],
traveling man.
newspaper correspondent,
own correspondent,
special correspondent.
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Roget 797:
merchant,
trader,
dealer,
monger,
chandler,
salesman;
changer;
regrater†;
shopkeeper,
shopman†;
tradesman,
tradespeople,
tradesfolk.
retailer;
chapman,
hawker,
huckster,
higgler†;
pedlar,
colporteur,
cadger,
Autolycus†;
sutler†,
vivandiere†;
costerman†,
costermonger†;
tallyman;
camelot;
faker;
vintner.
money broker,
money changer,
money lender;
cambist†,
usurer,
moneyer†,
banker.
jobber;
broker
etc.
(agent)
758;
buyer
etc.
795;
seller
etc.
796;
bear,
bull.
concern;
firm
etc.
(partnership)
712.
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Roget 799a:
stock market,
stock exchange,
securities exchange;
bourse,
board;
the big board,
the New York Stock Exchange;
the market,
the open market;
over-the-counter market;
privately traded issues.
commodities exchange,
futures exchange,
futures market.
the pit,
the floor.
ticker,
stock ticker,
quotation;
stock index,
market index,
the Dow Jones Index,
the Dow Industrials,
the transportation index,
utilities,
the utilities index;
the New York Stock Exchange index,
the Nikkei index [Jap.Tr.];
the Financial Times index,
the FTI [Brit.],
the over-the-counter index,
NASDAQ index.
[person or firm trading securities]
broker,
stockbroker,
jobber,
stock dealer,
odd-lot dealer;
specialist.
[person who buys or sells stocks]
investor,
speculator,
operator;
bull,
buyer;
bear,
short seller;
scalper,
arbitrager†,
arbitrageur†;
stockholder,
share-holder,
stockholder of record;
bond holder,
coupon-clipper [Sarc.].
investment;
speculation.
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Dutch: tussenpersoon, makelaar
Polish: ajent, agent
verb
1 broker
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