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broker

/ˈbɹoʊkɚ/ verb C2
  1. To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction. (intransitive)
  2. To act as a broker in; to bring about through brokering or negotiation; to arrange or negotiate. (transitive)

He/she/it brokers · Past brokered · Past participle brokered · -ing form brokering

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Verb forms

Base form
broker
He/she/it
brokers
Past
brokered
Past participle
brokered
-ing form
brokering

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And, sitting down, he wrote a letter to his broker, ordering him to sell out at the market price.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 83 · C1
The machine sitting at that desk was no longer a man; it was a busy New York broker, moved by buzzing wheels and uncoiling springs.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 17 · C1
He who has been denied the spectacle of a busy Manhattan broker during a rush of business is handicapped for the profession of anthropology.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 17 · C1
The poet sings of the “crowded hour of glorious life.” The broker’s hour is not only crowded, but the minutes and seconds are hanging to all the straps and packing both front and rear platforms.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 17 · C1

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