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Definition of Power broker
1. Noun. 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"
Definition of Power broker
1. Noun. A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Power Broker
Literary usage of Power broker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pakistan: A Country Study edited by Peter R. Blood (1996)
"President Ghulam Ishaq Khan as power broker A powerful player in the political
equation was President Ishaq Khan. The president, under the constitution, ..."
2. Do Black Women Hate Black Men? by A. L. Reynolds (1994)
"more generous power broker. The relationship is strictly one of ... Since the
power broker makes no emotional investment, he does not reap any, either. ..."
3. Drug Abuse Curriculum for Employee Assistance Program Professionalsby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The charts should reveal that, while power may be centralized in some departments (ie,
the department head and the power broker are the same person), ..."
4. Dams and Rivers: Primer on the Downstream Effects of Dams by Michael Collier, Robert H. Webb, John C. Schmidt (1998)
"The hour-by-hour release of each month's total is, in turn, controlled by the
Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a Federal power broker whose mandate ..."
5. Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order by Charles Kupchan (2001)
"A high level of national integration is essential for a country to be a sustainable
international power regulator and power broker. If this is lacking, ..."
6. The Future of Privacy by Perri 6 (1998)
"... among the most powerful institutions in any modern society and as likely to
abuse their power as any politician, business leader or other power broker. ..."
7. The United Nations System: The Policies of Member States by Chadwick F. Alger, Gene Martin Lyons, John E. Trent (1995)
"... meant that "the role of power broker, in which we always saw ourselves, will
not work in some situations."94 Finally, what is striking about this ..."
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