brokage

[ broh-kij ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. brokerage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brokage¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French brocage; broker, -age

Example Sentences

And thus the Embassy of these Legates was concluded, and they returned from the place from whence they came, and the Iewes again to their Wits, following their Trade of Merchandize and Brokage as formerly, with more quiet, and advantage, then the meanes of regaining their Possessions in the Land of Promise.

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"Bids are starting to emerge on the downside and I wouldn't be surprised if the dollar were to make another try for the upside," said a trade for a Japanese brokage in Tokyo.

From Reuters

Remember, sirrah, the dinners and suppers, fat venison and good words, I was fain to give you, christening your children still by the way of brokage.

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This is brave judicial brokage.

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They could neither possess property, nor engage in manufactures, nor cultivate the soil: they lived by botching and brokage.

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