broker /; AmE / noun, verb

■ noun [C]

AGENCY BROKER, BILL BROKER, COMMERCIAL BROKER, COMMISSION BROKER, CUSTOMS BROKER, DISCOUNT BROKER, INSURANCE BROKER, MONEY BROKER, REAL ESTATE BROKER

1 (Commerce )

a person or company that buys and sells things, for example shares, bonds, etc., for other people:

Luis works for a firm of insurance brokers.

He watches how the brokers work when they are on the phone to customers. See note at AGENT

an insurance/money/mortgage broker

2 (Stock Exchange ) = STOCKBROKER

■ verb [+ obj]

to arrange the details of an agreement:

The airline has brokered a joint marketing deal with the city tourist board.

• public limited company
• publicly-held
• publicly traded
• public offering
• public-private
• public-private partnership
• public relations
• public sale
• public sector
• public sector borrowing requirement
• public servant
• public service
• public service vehicle
• public spending
• public transport
• public warehouse
• public works
• publish
• publisher
• puff
• pull
• pullback
• pull strategy
• pull system
• pulsing