Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brokerage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brokerage \Bro"ker*age\, n.
1. The business or employment of a broker. --Burke.
2. The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for
transacting business as a broker.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brokerage
n 1: a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as
intermediary between buyer and seller [syn: {brokerage
firm}, {securities firm}]
2: the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a
contract between two parties
3: place where a broker conducts his business [syn: {brokerage
house}]
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