middleman
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- noun
- /ˈmɪdəlˌmæn/
- The company acts as a middleman, buying products in bulk and selling them to smaller retailers.
- middleman trading
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Watch on YouTubeBut of course, going through a middleman in America, the price is almost doubled.
- But of course, going through a middleman in America, the price is almost doubled.
- Those are the guys that do the really hard work raising cows, doing their thing and they get screwed by the the middleman, the processors.
Examples
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The Internet is now the middleman for retail, for media, for our society.
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Another type of middleman, in addition to art dealers, is art curators or collectors.
Academic text (2010) -
Are you willing to hand off the work to a middleman, or not?
Blog text (1) -
That way, we cut out the middleman.
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But of course, going through a middleman in America, the price is almost doubled.
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I can eliminate the middleman or I can be him.
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There is no middleman, and thus the client is paying only for translation.
Blog text (1) -
There still needs to be a licensed entity, a middleman, even if it's electronic to make that transaction happen.
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So that means that Quints can cut out the cost of the middleman and pass the savings right on to you.
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And because we eliminate the middleman, we can sell all our spatulas factory-direct to you.
Synonyms
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3.5
A company that supplies products to shops and businesses
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A person or company that buys goods in large amounts from makers and sells them to shops
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A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit
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A company or person that supplies goods to shops and businesses
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A person or company that buys large amounts of goods to sell to shops
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A company that supplies goods to shops and other sellers
A woman who buys large amounts of goods and sells them to shops
A person who sells goods in large amounts to shops
Idioms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Middleman comes from the simple parts middle and man, meaning someone 'in the middle' between seller and buyer. So a middleman buys goods in large amounts and then sells them to shops or other businesses rather than to the final buyer.