All 7 Uses of
broker
in
David Copperfield
- 'The present communication is penned within the personal range (I cannot call it the society) of an individual, in a state closely bordering on intoxication, employed by a broker.†
Chpt 28-30
- I hope you won't think it selfish, Copperfield, if I mention that the broker carried off my little round table with the marble top, and Sophy's flower-pot and stand?'†
Chpt 34-36 *
- The fact is, Copperfield, I was unable to repurchase them at the time of their seizure; in the first place, because the broker, having an idea that I wanted them, ran the price up to an extravagant extent; and, in the second place, because I — hadn't any money.†
Chpt 34-36
- Now, I have kept my eye since, upon the broker's shop,' said Traddles, with a great enjoyment of his mystery, 'which is up at the top of Tottenham Court Road, and, at last, today I find them put out for sale.†
Chpt 34-36
- I have only noticed them from over the way, because if the broker saw me, bless you, he'd ask any price for them!†
Chpt 34-36
- I never shall forget him peeping round the corner of the street in Tottenham Court Road, while Peggotty was bargaining for the precious articles; or his agitation when she came slowly towards us after vainly offering a price, and was hailed by the relenting broker, and went back again.†
Chpt 34-36
- It was arranged that the Micawbers should follow us, after effecting a sale of their goods to a broker; that Mr. Wickfield's affairs should be brought to a settlement, with all convenient speed, under the direction of Traddles; and that Agnes should also come to London, pending those arrangements.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(broker as in: she is a broker) someone who facilitates transactions between others (such as a real estate or stock broker)
or:
the process of facilitating an agreement between others