(historical) A dealer in natural products, especially those imported from colonies or foreign countries.

(US politics) A political convention held during a presidential election when a political party fails to choose a nominee on the first round of delegate voting at the party's nominating convention.

plural of brokered convention

(finance) An independent member of an exchange who can act as a broker for other members who become overloaded with orders, as an agent on the floor of the exchange.

(software engineering) A piece of middleware in distributed software that enables program calls from one computer to another via a network.

(simile, humorous, dated) Extremely impoverished.

The role or position of a broker.

plural of brokership