brokered

1 of 2

adjective

bro·​kered ˈbrō-kərd 

: arranged or controlled by brokers and especially power brokers

a brokered political convention

brokered

2 of 2

past tense and past participle of broker entry 2

Examples of brokered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Her paternal grandparents, wealthy plantation owners who relied on Black labor to work the fields, brokered cotton in the Mississippi town where Emmett Till was lynched. — Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022

To win outright—and to avoid a brokered Convention—a candidate will need to claim at least 1,991 delegates during the 2020 primary voting season. — The New Yorker, 2 June 2020

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1913, in the meaning defined above