broker

broker
noun
  1. a person who buys and sells goods or assets for others
    经纪人,代理人;掮客,中间人。 比较 broker-dealer
verb
  1. [with obj.]arrange or negotiate (a deal or plan)
    (作为中间人)安排,商订(交易,计划)
    fighting continued despite attempts to broker a ceasefire.
    尽管在努力为双方安排停火,但战斗仍在进行。
语源
  1. Middle English (denoting a retailer or pedlar): from Anglo-Norman French brocour, of unknown ultimate origin
用法
  1. The term broker was officially replaced in the U. K. Stock Exchange by broker-dealer in 1986, broker-dealers being entitled to act both as agents and principals in share dealings
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