Trader vs. Broker

Tradernoun

One who earns a living by trading goods or securities.

Tradernoun

One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.

Tradernoun

A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.

Tradernoun

someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

Brokernoun

A mediator between a buyer and seller.

Brokernoun

A stockbroker.

Brokernoun

A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind.

Brokernoun

(computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.

Brokerverb

(intransitive) To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.

Brokerverb

(transitive) To act as a broker in; to arrange or negotiate.

Brokernoun

One who transacts business for another; an agent.

Brokernoun

An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own.

Brokernoun

A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.

Brokernoun

A dealer in secondhand goods.

Brokernoun

A pimp or procurer.

Brokernoun

a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

Brokerverb

act as a broker

Broker

A broker is a person or firm who arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller for a commission when the deal is executed. A broker who also acts as a seller or as a buyer becomes a principal party to the deal.