bro|ker

bro|ker
bro|ker «BROH kuhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a person who buys and sells stocks, bonds, grain, cotton, or other commodities for other people; agent.
2. a person who acts as a middleman in negotiating bargains or contracts.
3. British. a second-hand dealer; pawnbroker.
–v.i.
to act as a broker; engage in brokerage.
–v.t.
to arrange or negotiate as a broker: »

I was trying to broker the deal, and I had a four-o'clock deadline for a $25,000 deposit my client had promised to put up (New Yorker).

╂[< Anglo-French brocour retailer of wine, tapster, variant of Old French brocheor to tap (a keg) < broche broach]

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