One who transacts business for another; an agent.

An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own.

A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.

A dealer in secondhand goods.

Owner or manager of a real estate sales company

See Real Estate Broker.

A person authorized to act for another in a trade of real estate, as set out in appropriate provincial statutory/regulatory requirements.

One who may carry on the business of dealing in real estate via license by the state.

Middle man between shipper and carrier.

A company or individual that executes futures and options orders on behalf of financial and commercial institutions and/or the general public.

(Mortgage/Finance) A professional who will find a lending company for you then liaise with them on your behalf.

These are independent professionals who market on behalf of franchisors, selling their franchisees on a fee-paying basis. Potential franchisees must always independently evaluate their chosen franchise.

A market professional whose primary task lies in carrying out orders for third parties. If, in performing this task, the firm may also take shares onto its own books to facilitate a trade, it is said to be a 'broker-dealer'.

A firm that acts as a "middle man" in the sale and purchase of electricity, but never owns the electricity and generally does not own power plants.

Common name used to define, generally, firms that act as the middle-man in the financial markets. There are two types of brokers, market makers or ECNs.

See Brokerage Firm

Generally, this term refers to the Realtor who is responsible for managing a Real Estate office. When a Realtor has a question, they go to their Broker for advice.

There are two basic types of investment brokers: Full-service brokers offer advice and usually have a full staff of analysts who follow specific industries. Discount brokers execute a client's order, but do not usually offer investment advice.

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The primary component of webMethods Enterprise Server, which is now simply called Broker. Broker clients publish documents to the Broker, which in turn passes the documents to other Broker clients that have registered subscriptions for those documents. The Broker is also a repository for metadata needed by adapters. This metadata, referred to as infosets, describes a wide variety of information including database table names, columns, queries, Java code fragments and byte code, component configurations, and much more. A Broker is an independent entity managed by a Broker Server.

See Independent Broker.

In NCS, a server that manages information about objects and interfaces to the objects. A program that wishes to become the client of an interface can use a broker to obtain information about servers that export the interface. See also Location Broker.

A company which searches a range of lenders for available loan products and matches against the borrowers circumstances. A broker introduces a borrower to a lender who is able to help with the loan that is required.

This professional is involved with processing contracts. Brokers usually aren't involved in directly lending money to the borrower. However, they do have contact with lenders.

One who finds lenders for prospective borrowers who meet the lendersâ€(tm) criteria. A mortgage broker does not make the loan, but receives payment for services.

Synonym for affiliate.

A third party individual who attempts to find the best available financial or other package. Brokers could be affiliated with a larger network in finance, or they may be independent.

Someone who finds financial products that are best suited to an individual's needs