broker
- n. 经纪人, 掮客
- v. 促成交易
- Definition
- n. a person who buys and sells things for other people
- v. to arrange a business or political deal between other people
- Example
- The broker helped us find a good deal on the house.
- 经纪人帮我们找到了一处划算的房子。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: a person who manages business for someone else (noun).
比较义项：代理人，为他人经营事务的人（名词）。
- factor
An old-fashioned or specialized term for someone who manages business or property on another's behalf, common in legal or estate contexts; rarely used in everyday modern speech, unlike broker.
较为古旧或专业的说法，指代替他人管理事务或财产的人，常见于法律或地产管理语境；日常口语中较少使用，不像 broker 那样常见。
The estate's factor manages the tenants' rent and repairs on the owner's behalf.
庄园代理人代表业主管理房客的租金和维修事务。
- broker 本词
A common modern term for a person or firm that arranges deals, such as real estate, stocks or insurance, between buyer and seller, usually for a commission; far more common than factor.
现代日常更常用的说法，指代人或公司为买卖双方牵线搭桥（如房产、股票、保险等），通常收取佣金；在日常口语中比 factor 常见得多。
The broker negotiated a better price when we sold our old house.
经纪人在我们卖旧房子时帮我们谈到了更好的价钱。
Factor and broker both mean someone who manages business for another person. Factor is old and formal, used mainly in law or property work, while broker is the modern, everyday word for a real estate or stock agent. Factor has another meaning, not compared here.
这两个词在“代理人”这一义项上较为接近，都指代替他人处理事务、买卖东西的人；但 factor 此义较为正式、古旧，常见于法律或地产管理等专业语境，broker 则是现代日常更常用的说法，常指房产经纪人、股票经纪人等。这里不比较 factor 表示“因素、要素”的常见义项。