Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business. n. A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business.
WordNet
n. a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control; "a power broker who does you a favor will expect you to return it" [syn: powerbroker]
Wikipedia
A power broker is a person who influences people to vote towards a particular client (i.e. elected official or referendum) in exchange for political and financial benefits. Power brokers can also negotiate deals with other power brokers to meet their aims.
Power broker may refer to:
- Power Broker - a fictional corporation and character in the Marvel Universe
- Power broker (politics) - a political term
- Power broker (software) - A software to allow privilege escalation
- The Power Broker - a book by Robert Caro
Usage examples of "power broker".
The Armenian power broker stared at him for a long time, as if reflecting on many things, not least how this information could be used to advantage.
Today the old man was a power broker, but he could just as easily be shoveling cowshit in Hunan tomorrow.
If she was no longer a power broker behind the scenes in the White House, or proposing specific legislation or executive action in the public sphere, she was of no further interest to them.
The big man, your compatriot, the one I call the supreme power broker internationally, met here the other day with the one I call our muckety-muck.
Despite her personal eccentricities she was a premier power broker.
Andi grinned--that illusion brought many a power broker to his knees.
But one glimmer of a hint that you're back in the power broker business and that entire file gets forwarded to every single news outlet on the planet.
The man, in his navy power suit, white shirt and conservative red tie, was the epitome of a Washington power broker.