broking

noun

bro·​king ˈbrō-kiŋ 

chiefly British

: the business of a broker : brokerage

Examples of broking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Also on the data front, Californians will soon be able to submit a form through the California Privacy Protection Agency, a state entity, to request data broking websites to delete their personal data. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 24 Dec. 2025

This morning’s update indicates the strong fourth-quarter was in particular driven by its broking division. — WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024

Once upon a time, English banking and broking prided itself on its integrity. — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022

Equities-trading revenues have all but disappeared after the bank’s exit last year from prime broking, which finances hedge funds. — Myriam Balezou, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022

PropertyGuru launched a mortgage broking product in the city-state at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and over S$1 billion ($745 million) in loans in the past 12 months, CEO Hari Krishnan told Forbes Asia. — Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021

Black women are the most reliable Democratic voters in America and are, with the election of Harris and the power broking of Abrams, beginning to receive their just rewards on a national level. — Peniel Joseph, CNN, 21 Apr. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for broking

• choking
• cloaking
• coking
• croaking
• joking
• poking
• smoking
• soaking
• stoking
• stroking
• evoking
• invoking