How to say "brokerage" in Japanese

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  • 仲買なかがいCommon
    nounRefers to brokerage as the broker's side of a deal — the business of intermediating between buyer and seller, or the broker himself. It is not the word for the fee or commission charged.
  • 手数料てすうりょうCommon
    nounA word for fees and charges generally; it covers brokerage only in the sense of the commission paid for a broker's services, never the brokerage business itself.
    この為替かわせを作つくるのに銀行ぎんこうの手数料てすうりょうが50ドルかかった。↗
    Arranging this money order cost $50 in bank fees and commissions.

Use 仲買 when brokerage means the broker's business of intermediating deals, and 手数料 when it means the commission or fee charged for that service; the two words answer to different senses of the English term.

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