- middleman
- noun Date: 1677 an intermediary or agent between two parties; especially a dealer, agent, or company intermediate between the producer of goods and the retailer or consumer
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middleman — mid‧dle‧man [ˈmɪdlmæn] noun middlemen PLURALFORM [ men] [countable] COMMERCE a person, business, organization etc that buys things in order to sell them to someone else, or that helps to arrange business deals for other people, for example a… … Financial and business terms
Middleman — Mid dle*man, n.; pl. {Middlemen}. [1913 Webster] 1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
middleman — index agent, broker, conduit (intermediary), dealer, factor (commission merchant), go between, inter … Law dictionary
middleman — (n.) in the trading sense, 1795, from MIDDLE (Cf. middle) + MAN (Cf. man). From mid 15c. as the name of some type of workman in wire making. From 1741 as one who takes a middle course … Etymology dictionary
middleman — ► NOUN 1) a person who buys goods from producers and sells them to retailers or consumers. 2) a person who arranges business or political deals between other people … English terms dictionary
middleman — [mid′ l man΄] n. pl. middlemen [mid′ lmen΄] 1. a trader who buys commodities from the producer and sells them to the retailer or, sometimes, directly to the consumer 2. a go between; intermediary … English World dictionary
middleman — noun VERB + MIDDLEMAN ▪ act as, be ▪ bypass (AmE), cut out, eliminate ▪ Some factories have cut out the middleman and sell their products directly to customers. PREPOSITION … Collocations dictionary
middleman — plural middlemen noun (C) someone who buys things in order to sell them to someone else, or who helps to arrange business deals for other people: He acts as a middleman for British companies seeking contracts in the Gulf. | cut out the middleman… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Middleman — A slang term for an intermediary in a transaction or process chain. A middleman will facilitate interaction between parties, typically for a commission or fee. Some critics say that businesses and customers should try to cut out the middleman by… … Investment dictionary
middleman — mid|dle|man [ˈmıdlmæn] n plural middlemen [ men] someone who buys things in order to sell them to someone else, or who helps to arrange business deals for other people ▪ He acts as a middleman for British companies seeking contracts in the Gulf.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
middleman — [[t]mɪ̱d(ə)lmæn[/t]] middlemen 1) N COUNT A middleman is a person or company which buys things from the people who produce them and sells them to the people who want to buy them. Why don t they cut out the middleman and let us do it ourselves? 2) … English dictionary
