middleman

noun

mid·dle·man | \ ˈmi-dᵊl-ˌman

Definition of middleman

: 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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President Donald Trump is withdrawing a plan to ease the financial bite of costly medications for people on Medicare by letting them receive rebates that drugmakers now pay insurers and middlemen, the White House said Thursday. — Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, chicagotribune.com, "Trump drops once-touted Medicare drug rebate plan," 11 July 2019 Lopez Obrador blamed these problems on corruption among government and private-sector middlemen, who pocketed cash meant to serve children. — Luis Gómez Romero, The Conversation, "Mexican president López Obrador has a woman problem," 10 July 2019 An alleged middleman, Alberto Rodriguez Mota, was captured Friday by the Dominican navy, according to police. — Alex Sundby, CBS News, "Alleged mastermind in David Ortiz shooting claims in video he wasn't involved in botched murder-for-hire plot," 2 July 2019 Its pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, pitched the original cryptocurrency to the world a decade ago as a way for people to exchange value directly, without the intervention of banks or other middlemen. — Paul Vigna, WSJ, "Facebook Says Libra Can Change the World. It Needs to Convince Users.," 26 June 2019 OfferUp is similar to Craigslist.org, acting as a online middleman hooking up local buyers and sellers of new and used goods. — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, "Thrifting with a twist: Goodwill now posting goods online on OfferUp," 13 June 2019 To operate today’s machines, humans being need a middleman of sorts, a physical control system manipulated by hands, fingers, and feet. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "DARPA Wants Soldiers To Control Machines With Their Minds," 22 May 2019 One of the plaintiffs, Jeffrey Neufeld, who lives in Connecticut, contends that Cigna directed him to order his supplies through a middleman who jacked up the prices. — Marshall Allen, Ars Technica, "You snooze, you lose: Insurers make the old adage literally true," 21 Nov. 2018 According to the criminal complaints, Montes, Flores and Alvarez were middleman meth dealers who acquired the drugs from an unnamed source. — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, "Feds bust alleged meth trafficking ring in Concord, but secret DEA source fails to get meeting with main supplier," 11 June 2019

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