- 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
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。
USAGE
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.
词源
Middle English (denoting a retailer or pedlar)： from Anglo-Norman French brocour, of unknown ultimate origin.