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real estate broker

real estate broker

14 3.7
A person licensed to help people sell, buy or rent houses
  • noun
  • /ˈriːəl ɪˈsteɪt ˈbroʊkər/
  • US
translation icon : corredor inmobiliario
  • As a licensed real estate broker, she helps clients buy and sell homes.
  • commercial real estate broker
  • licensed real estate broker
  • local real estate broker

Switch companies and you abuse your real estate broker, you abuse that relationship.

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Examples

  • The night before, my father had flown into Chicago from Boston, where he worked as a real estate broker.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I also have a full time job as a real estate broker with employees.

  • It's hard being a real estate broker right now.

  • Well, what am I going to say to the real estate broker?

  • Well, I'm a real estate broker now.

  • I'm a real estate broker.

  • "I'd better go call the real estate broker and put the house on the market."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • He is a real estate broker, a YouTube, a personal finance celebrity of sorts, and his name is Graham Steffen.

  • I'm sitting here talking to Evelyn Isaacs... Manhattan's most exclusive real estate broker.

  • To find a bargain, Becky has enlisted the help of local real-estate broker Vladimir Filat.

Synonyms

Realtor
vsreal estate broker
  • US
85 4.3

A person who helps people buy or sell houses and belongs to a national group of real estate agents

is any licensed agent regardless of that professional membership
real estate agent
vsreal estate broker
  • US
57 2.4

A person who helps people buy, sell, or rent houses and other buildings

is a licensed professional authorized to act in these transactions
estate agent
vsreal estate broker
  • UK
57 2.6

A person who helps people sell, rent or manage homes

focuses on acting as a licensed transaction agent rather than long term management
house agent
vsreal estate broker
  • UK
1 2.7

A person who helps people buy, sell, or rent homes

covers all real property and formal licensing beyond just houses
selling agent
vsreal estate broker
1 3.5

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

is a licensed person focused only on real property transactions
land agent
vsreal estate broker
  • UK
4.4

A person who manages or sells land and buildings for an owner

acts for clients in licensed sales or rentals rather than owner administration

How Experienced

real estate broker
  • US
14 3.7
broker
243 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

real + estate + broker

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'real estate' (property/land) with 'broker' (a person who trades assets), so a B1 learner who knows those constituents can infer it denotes an agent who handles property transactions. The noun–noun compositional pattern is common in English and other languages (e.g., real-estate agent), making the expression immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Real estate broker joins real estate (land and buildings) with broker (a 'middle person' who brings buyers and sellers together). Picture someone moving between the homeowner and the buyer, holding papers and helping agree on a price—this image explains why it means 'a person licensed to help sell, buy, or rent property'.