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Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.
The heaves.
Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.
Having a ruptured belly.
Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.
Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.
In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language.
The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.
Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.
A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.
A pimp or procurer.
A dealer in secondhand goods.
One who transacts business for another; an agent.
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.
The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker.
The business or employment of a broker.
Mean; servile.