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UK
/mˈɪdəlmˌæn/
]
[ US /ˈmɪdəɫˌmæn/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪdəɫˌmæn/ ]
NOUN
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
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a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor - the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
How To Use middleman In A Sentence
- Some factories have cut out the middleman and sell their products directly to customers.
- In fact, you might just want to cut out the middleman and head on over to the nearest cemetery - your dream date may in fact have been skulking around the local sepulchres, and you never even knew.
- Furthermore, because of the cost savings derived from cutting out the middleman, Dell believes it can sell computers at lower prices than its competitors, and thus steal market share.
- Such improvements allow them to sell the beans directly to Equal Exchange at full price, rather than outsourcing to a middleman with a roaster or mill.
- For example, Mr. Franklin participated in secret meetings with Manucher Ghorbanifar, an Iranian who had acted as an arms deal middleman in the Iran-contra affair during the Reagan administration. 08/29/2004
- The internet is at its most powerful when it cuts out the middleman. Times, Sunday Times
- Mata, a consummate politician, seemed to enjoy his powerful administrative role as middleman between the communities and the private sector.
- It's not exactly cheap, but at least you cut out the middleman. Times, Sunday Times
- This cuts out the middleman between those who want to lend and those who want to borrow. Times, Sunday Times
- Why don't they cut out the middleman and let us do it ourselves?
