middleman
1middleman — 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… …
2Middleman — 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… …
3middleman — index agent, broker, conduit (intermediary), dealer, factor (commission merchant), go between, inter …
4middleman — (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 …
5middleman — ► 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 …
6middleman — [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 …
7middleman — 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 …
8middleman — 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… …
9Middleman — 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… …
10middleman — 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.… …
