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middleman definition

middle·man (mid′'l man′)

noun pl. middlemen -·men′ (-men′)

  1. a trader who buys commodities from the producer and sells them to the retailer or, sometimes, directly to the consumer
  2. a go-between; intermediary

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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