BRO'CAGE, noun [See Broke, Broker.] 1. The premium or commission of a broker; the gain or profit derived from transacting business for other men, as brokers, either in a good or bad sense. 2. The hire given for any unlawful office. 3. The trade of a broker; a dealing in old things. 4. The business of a broker; the transactions of commercial business, as buying and selling, for other men. [See Broke, Broker.] 5. The act of pimping.
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