broker
noun
[ ˈbrəʊkə ]
• a person who buys and sells goods or assets for others.
• "the centralized lenders operate through brokers"
Similar:
dealer,
broker-dealer,
agent,
negotiator,
trafficker,
middleman,
intermediary,
mediator,
factor,
trustee,
liaison,
representative,
go-between,
stockbroker,
insurance broker,
interdealer broker,
rep,
scrivener,
broker
verb
• arrange or negotiate (an agreement).
• "fighting continued despite attempts to broker a ceasefire"
Similar:
arrange,
organize,
orchestrate,
work out,
thrash out,
hammer out,
settle,
clinch,
contract,
pull off,
bring off/about,
negotiate,
mediate,
arbitrate,
act as go-between,
sort out,
swing,
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a retailer or pedlar): from Anglo-Norman French brocour, of unknown ultimate origin.
