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broker verb

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Definition

to arrange something such as a deal, agreement, etc. between two or more groups or countries
The foreign ministers have failed in their attempts to broker a ceasefire.

(Definition of broker verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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