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brokerage

brokerage

60 5.8
A company that helps people buy and sell things like stocks for a fee
  • noun
  • /ˈbroʊkərɪdʒ/
translation icon : correduría
  • The investor contacted a brokerage to help her purchase shares in a tech company.
  • a brokerage firm
  • brokerage services
  • insurance brokerage

It's very easy to transfer all the brokerage assets into an LLC.

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Examples

  • At the end of the week, my brokerage account contained over two million dollars.

  • I spent six years in compliance at a major brokerage firm, then three years in enforcement at the commission.

  • But it could be the real estate brokerage holding it in their trust account.

  • Marketing is sales, it's brokerage, it's bringing in the customer.

  • We charge a brokerage fee on that as well.

  • Accordingly, most retail investors who have the benefit of advice obtain it instead from brokerage firms.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Between us, we had eight interviews lined up with decent companies, including two brokerage houses.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • We find relatively little coverage by smaller investment banks and firms that focus solely on brokerage.

    Academic text (2016)
  • REITs are still considered somewhat specialized, so brokerage houses may look to avoid making recommendations for that market.

    Academic text (2016)
  • With Webster, Webster and Cohen, the biggest brokerage house in Miami.

Synonyms

stockbroker
vsbrokerage
44 4.4

A person who buys and sells company shares for clients

is about arranging buying and selling transactions between parties generally
factor
vsbrokerage
  • Archaic
23 6.7

A person or company that sells goods for others for a fee

is the company or place that arranges such transactions more broadly
brokerage firm
vsbrokerage
  • Specialized
16 4.1

A company that helps people buy and sell stocks and other investments for a fee

is the general term for a business arranging trades for a fee
securities firm
vsbrokerage
  • Specialized
12 4.3

A company that buys and sells stocks and bonds for people or companies and charges a fee

covers arranging trades across fields, not limited to securities
brokerage house
vsbrokerage
  • Specialized
7 4.5

A company that buys and sells stocks or other investments for clients

is the broader business term for arranging buying and selling
selling agent
vsbrokerage
1 3.5

A person or company who finds buyers for someone and gets a fee

focuses on arranging both buying and selling between parties rather than only selling

Compounds

brokerage firm
  • Specialized
16 4.1

A company that helps people buy and sell stocks and other investments for a fee

brokerage house
  • Specialized
7 4.5

A company that buys and sells stocks or other investments for clients

brokerage account
  • Specialized
4 5.5

An account with a broker where you keep money to buy and sell stocks and bonds

commodity brokerage
  • Specialized
6.8

A company that buys and sells raw materials like oil or grain for clients and charges a fee

A business that helps people find a husband or wife for a fee

How Trustworthy

investment firm
  • Specialized
19 3.4
brokerage
60 5.8
bucket shop
  • Archaic
1 9.7
scammer
  • NSFW
20 4.0

Surface Forms

brokerage singular
brokerages plural

Morphology

brokerage = broker (semi-transparent) = broker + age

The word is built clearly from broker + -age, but the sense extends from the person to the associated business or office, which is slightly less direct.

Etymology

Brokerage comes from broker (a person who arranges deals) plus the ending -age, which means 'business' or 'service', like in postage. So a brokerage is the business or place that arranges buying and selling, usually for a fee.