middleman
noun
mid·dle·man
ˈmi-dᵊl-ˌman 
: 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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Examples of middleman in a Sentence
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.
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Perhaps some of those millions of insurance industry middlemen and women can be re-employed in professions closer to the direct care of patients.
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Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 18 May 2024
Franklin is here the middleman, linking buyers and sellers and oiling the wheels of a slave economy, the advertisements serving as informal proxies for the auction or merchant firm.
—Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
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Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 18 May 2024
Franklin is here the middleman, linking buyers and sellers and oiling the wheels of a slave economy, the advertisements serving as informal proxies for the auction or merchant firm.
—Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
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“Middleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middleman. Accessed 22 May. 2024.
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middleman
noun
mid·dle·man
ˈmid-ᵊl-ˌman
: go-between
especially
: a dealer between the producer of goods and the consumer
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