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
[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
Middle English (denoting a retailer or pedlar): from Anglo-Norman French brocour, of unknown ultimate origin
用法
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