BROKERAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brokerage mean? 

• BROKERAGE (noun)
  The noun BROKERAGE has 3 senses:

1. a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller

2. the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties

3. place where a broker conducts his business

  Familiarity information: BROKERAGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROKERAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

brokerage; brokerage firm; securities firm

Hypernyms ("brokerage" is a kind of...):

nondepository financial institution (a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance)

Meronyms (members of "brokerage"):

agent; broker; factor (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brokerage"):

bucket shop (an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm)

marriage brokerage; marriage mart (a business that arranges marriage contracts)

Derivation:

broker (act as a broker)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("brokerage" is a kind of...):

business; business concern; business organisation; business organization; concern (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brokerage"):

commodity brokerage (a brokerage firm dealing in commodities)

Derivation:

broker (act as a broker)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Place where a broker conducts his business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

brokerage; brokerage house

Hypernyms ("brokerage" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Derivation:

broker (act as a broker)