brokerage

noun bro·ker·age \ ˈbrō-k(ə-)rij \

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Examples: brokerage in a Sentence

Definition of brokerage

1 : the business or establishment of a broker

2 : a broker's fee or commission

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Examples of brokerage in a Sentence

one of the country's largest brokerages
She works for a brokerage firm.

Recent Examples of brokerage from the Web

The buyer, 901 Commerce LLC, is backed by a local development group, according to brokerage firm JLL, which represented the seller in the acquisition.

— nancy sarnoff, Houston Chronicle, "Historic downtown building, long home to Spaghetti Warehouse, sells to developer," 10 July 2018
He was never charged and the state recovered $55 million from lawsuits against nine New York brokerage firms involved in the losses.

— john raby, The Seattle Times, "West Virginia gov OKs session to mull justice impeachment," 25 June 2018
Under new leadership after a fire sale to brokerage Monex Inc., Coincheck has been spending heavily to improve security and restore confidence among clients who withdrew at least $540 million in the wake of the hack.

— Fortune, "Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Coincheck Is Plotting Its Comeback," 18 May 2018
Over the past five years, a net 10 million square feet of occupancies has either moved or is planning to move from Midtown, which is the U.S.’s costliest business district, according to real estate brokerage Savills Studley Inc.

— rob urban, Bloomberg.com, "Wall Street Is Moving, and It’s Reshaping New York," 14 May 2018
The agency has appointed a commercial real estate brokerage firm, Jones Lang LaSalle, to conduct the hunt for new office space.

— martine powers, Washington Post, "Metro seeks buyer for downtown D.C. headquarters," 12 July 2018
Michael Rauseo, president of Suffolk Company, a real estate brokerage firm based in Charlestown, bought the property from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston in 2013 for $1.4 million.

— emily williams, BostonGlobe.com, "Business booming at dollar store on Catholic church site," 30 June 2018
In the popular Laurel Village area of San Francisco, that amount will buy a 1,200-square foot, two-bedroom, two-bath condominium, according to the Redfin real estate brokerage firm.

— tony bizjak, sacbee, "Are Sacramento home prices reaching 'bubble' bursting levels?," 22 June 2018
The 38-year-old man was in debt to his brokerage's suppliers and purchasers, prosecutors said.

— chris mayhew, Cincinnati.com, "No bull: Cattle broker gambled away investor money, prosecutors say," 6 June 2018

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