Task: Class Definition Understanding (ontology: Business_Finance/Financial_Industry_Business_Ontology)

Which of the following definitions best describes 'broker'?

A. classifier of events representing a violation of an express, or implied, condition of a contract to do or not to do something, without a legitimate excuse
B. contract terms that define the commitment to and mechanism for settling one or more sides of a transaction
C. any party that purchases goods or services for resale and acts on their own behalf in a transaction
D. any party that acts as an intermediary between a buyer and a seller, usually charging a commission

Answer: any party that acts as an intermediary between a buyer and a seller, usually charging a commission