Middleman - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmɪdlmæn|
Brit.
|ˈmɪd(ə)lmæn|
noun
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers (syn: jobber, wholesaler)
- the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk (syn: interlocutor)
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance (syn: contact)
- the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk (syn: interlocutor)
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance (syn: contact)
Extra examples
The Internet helps consumers save money by buying products directly from companies and eliminating the middleman.
We've cut out the middleman and can reduce prices for our customers.
He acted as the middleman in the talks between labor and management.
He acts as a middleman for British companies seeking contracts in the Gulf.
Buy direct from the manufacturer and cut out the middleman (=avoid using a middleman).
Word forms
noun
singular: middleman
plural: middlemen
singular: middleman
plural: middlemen
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