intermediation
noun
in·ter·me·di·a·tion
ˌin-tər-ˌmē-dē-ˈā-shən 
: the act of coming between : intervention, mediation
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This will improve financial intermediation and buttress economic growth.
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Derek Scissors, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2016
High interest rates continue to suppress manufacturing, however, while credit intermediation continued its downward slide — that sector, which mostly includes commercial banking, has lost about 123,000 jobs since early 2021.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
All the usual intermediations of human carnivorousness are absent: no slaughter, no butchering, no cooking.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
Brainard cites the idea of cross-border payments, such as remittances, as representing one of the most compelling use cases for digital currencies, with the intermediation chains for cross-border payments are notoriously long, complex, costly, and opaque.
—Jason Brett, Forbes, 25 May 2021
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Derek Scissors, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2016
High interest rates continue to suppress manufacturing, however, while credit intermediation continued its downward slide — that sector, which mostly includes commercial banking, has lost about 123,000 jobs since early 2021.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
All the usual intermediations of human carnivorousness are absent: no slaughter, no butchering, no cooking.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
Brainard cites the idea of cross-border payments, such as remittances, as representing one of the most compelling use cases for digital currencies, with the intermediation chains for cross-border payments are notoriously long, complex, costly, and opaque.
—Jason Brett, Forbes, 25 May 2021
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“Intermediation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermediation. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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