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, 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. Story.

The business or employment of a broker. Burke.

Mean; servile. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

The business of a broker. [Obs.] And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting, And tricks belonging unto brokery. Marlowe.

One who negotiates the discount of bills.

One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.

A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities.

A broker who deals in stocks.

bular form, containing sparkling particles. -- Three balls, or Three golden balls, a pawnbroker's sign or shop.

See Brokerage.

Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage. [Obs.] Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak.

tock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant]

A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

e time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance. Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoul…

Small chick or crack. Bank check, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. -- Check book, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. -- Check hook, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. -- Check list, a list or catalogue by w…

The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere. Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array. -- Commission of bankrupty, a commission apointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative…

ch stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. [Broker's Cant] Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental imp…

A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] De Foe.

A stone Curbstone broker.See under Broker.

where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared. Customhouse broker, an agent who acts for merchants in the business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.