Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to broker
Participle: brokered
Gerund: brokering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | broker |
| you | broker |
| he;she;it | brokers |
| we | broker |
| you | broker |
| they | broker |
Perfect
| I | have brokered |
| you | have brokered |
| he;she;it | has brokered |
| we | have brokered |
| you | have brokered |
| they | have brokered |
Past
| I | brokered |
| you | brokered |
| he;she;it | brokered |
| we | brokered |
| you | brokered |
| they | brokered |
Pluperfect
| I | had brokered |
| you | had brokered |
| he;she;it | had brokered |
| we | had brokered |
| you | had brokered |
| they | had brokered |
Future
| I | will broker |
| you | will broker |
| he;she;it | will broker |
| we | will broker |
| you | will broker |
| they | will broker |
Future Perfect
| I | will have brokered |
| you | will have brokered |
| he;she;it | will have brokered |
| we | will have brokered |
| you | will have brokered |
| they | will have brokered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | broker |
| you | broker |
| he;she;it | broker |
| we | broker |
| you | broker |
| they | broker |
Perfect
| I | have brokered |
| you | have brokered |
| he;she;it | have brokered |
| we | have brokered |
| you | have brokered |
| they | have brokered |
Imperfect
| I | brokered |
| you | brokered |
| he;she;it | brokered |
| we | brokered |
| you | brokered |
| they | brokered |
Pluperfect
| I | had brokered |
| you | had brokered |
| he;she;it | had brokered |
| we | had brokered |
| you | had brokered |
| they | had brokered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would broker |
| you | would broker |
| he;she;it | would broker |
| we | would broker |
| you | would broker |
| they | would broker |
Perfect
| I | would have brokered |
| you | would have brokered |
| he;she;it | would have brokered |
| we | would have brokered |
| you | would have brokered |
| they | would have brokered |
Imperative
| you | broker |
| we | Let's broker |
| you | broker |
Verbs conjugated like 'broker'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'broker'
broke,
bicker,
boke,
bower,
brake,
brode,
broider,
brother,
bunker,
frover,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English broker, brokour, brocour, from Anglo-Norman brocour (“small trader”) (compare also abroker (“to act as a broker”)), from Old Dutch *brokere (“one who determines the usages of trade, manager”), from broke, bruyck, breuck (“use, usage, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkī (“use, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook + -er.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Middle Low German brukere (“a broker”), Danish bruger (“a broker, user, handler”), Swedish bruk (“use, custom, trade, business”), Old English broc (“use, profit, advantage, foredeal”). Compare also French brocanter (“to deal in second-hand goods”) from the same Germanic source. More at brook. See: French '
brocanter'.
Verbs referencing "broker"
Esperanto
brokanti.
Sample Sentences
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When you first arrived on Menae, I had a hard time seeing how you flying off with one of our best generals would benefit our fight against the Reapers. However, as I now watch turian and krogan fighters working together to take down a Reaper destroyer, I must admit I am impressed. You've brokered an alliance that many thought impossible. [2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Impressive work:]
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In Armando Iannucci’s sitcom The Thick of It, government spin doctor Malcolm Tucker brokers a peace with his opposition counterpart. [2018 July 16, Kate Maltby, Ava Etemadzadeh, “Harassment is parliament’s dirty cross-party secret. Is it about to change?”, in The Guardian:]
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"To help Eurostar survive, we brokered an agreement with the ORR and Department for Transport to defer part of their charging regime, and that helped its liquidity... that was the only way that it could survive. [2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 44:]
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He would be well advised to be cautious, despite the fragile ceasefire that the US President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar brokered. Though President Trump reportedly told Israel not to kill Iran's supreme leader, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not rule it out. [2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC:]