Broker

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In commerce, a broker is a party that mediates between a buyer and a seller. A broker who also acts as a seller or as a buyer becomes a [principal] party to the deal. Distinguish agent: one who acts on behalf of a principal.

A brokerage is a firm that acts as a broker.

Types of financial brokers

In computing

In computing, a broker consists of software which mediates between two objects: typically between a client and a server or between a repository and a requestor or caller. See for example:

Other uses

Broker, Outer Hebrides Village in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
The Power Broker -a biography of Robert Moses
The Broker - a novel by John Grisham

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