broker

person who arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller, and gets a commission when the deal is executed
Intangible profession Q160117
broker
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broker

Summary

broker is a profession[1]. broker ranks in the top 9% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (723 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • broker's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • broker is a type of businessperson[4].
  • broker's Commons category is recorded as Brokers[5].
  • broker's said to be the same as is recorded as middleman[6].
  • broker's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brokers[7].
  • broker's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • broker's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • broker's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • broker's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • broker's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • broker's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[13].
  • broker's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • broker's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • broker's different from is recorded as Broker[16].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'courtière'}[17].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Maklerin'}[18].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'μεσίτρια'}[19].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'سمسارة'}[20].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'makleristino'}[21].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'bróker'}[22].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'makléřka'}[23].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'intermediaria'}[24].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'corretora'}[25].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'маклерка'}[26].
  • broker's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'brokerė'}[27].

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Definition and Type

broker's instance of is recorded as profession[3]. broker is a type of businessperson[4].

Why It Matters

broker ranks in the top 9% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (723 views/month).[2] broker has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] broker is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Different from Broker
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    Subclass of businessperson
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20674, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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