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means A business or fee that connects buyers and sellers, taking a cut for arranging the deal.

from Traces back to 'broker,' from Anglo-French 'brocour' (a wine retailer or middleman), likely tied to Old French 'broche' meaning to broach or tap a cask — the broker was the one who tapped the barrel to sell its contents. Over centuries the role widened from wine-tapping to deal-making of all kinds, and 'brokerage' arrived as the word for the trade itself, or the fee charged for doing it.