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.
[edit] Types of financial brokers
- Business broker
- Commodity broker
- Forex Broker
- Insurance broker
- Investment broker
- Mortgage broker
- Real estate broker
- Rig broker
- Ship broker
- Stock broker
- Yacht charter brokers
[edit] 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:
[edit] Other uses
- Information broker
- 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
- Telecommunications Broker
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