broker

A person who helps buyers and sellers make a deal, usually for a fee.

• A broker found us cheaper insurance.
• The seller paid the broker a fee.
• We used a broker to arrange the sale.

Similar words: agent, intermediary

Common phrases: insurance broker, property broker, through a broker

A person or company that buys and sells company shares for other people.

• My broker bought shares for me.
• Ask your broker about the trading fee.
• The brokers watched prices fall on the stock market.

Similar words: stockbroker

Common phrases: stock broker, share broker, investment broker

A person or computer system that passes messages or transactions between different parties or programs.

• The broker sends messages to the right program.
• Our application connects to a message broker.
• Two brokers handle transactions between the systems.

Similar words: intermediary

Common phrases: message broker, transaction broker

To help people agree on a sale or another deal.

• She helped broker the sale.
• They brokered a deal between the two companies.
• Can you broker an agreement that both sides accept?

How to use it: broker something between A and B (The lawyer brokered a deal between the buyer and the seller.)

Similar words: arrange, negotiate

Common phrases: broker a deal, broker an agreement, broker a sale