middleman Definition
middle·man (mid′'l man′)
noun pl. -·men′-men′
- a trader who buys commodities from the producer and sells them to the retailer or, sometimes, directly to the consumer
- a go-between; intermediary
middleman Synonyms
middleman Usage Examples
Converse of object
- eliminate: Willing to pay quizzed the brokers eliminate the middleman.
- pay: You can set up a pay per click campaign yourself and save paying a middleman to do it.
- become: In the 1990s the thief became a middleman - a fence - immensely enriching himself in the process.
- bypass: Certainly, it can bypass the middleman, and there are already several print-related services which attempt to bypass Distributors.
- find: I found a middleman who said he could find someone to make lampshades to my design for an attractive price.
- know: By the 19th century, woolen yarn was being brought in by a middleman known as the ' bump master ' .
Adjective modifier
- unscrupulous: The system aims to eliminate unscrupulous middlemen who were the main conduits for rural exploitation by big landlords.
- other: B ) links producers to other middlemen or the ultimate users of the products.
- corporate: People are generally unaware that most of what they spend on food goes to corporate middlemen, not farmers.
- local: Most growers rely on local middlemen as one-stop shops for inputs, loans and access to markets.
- unnecessary: She will have fresher supplies, and when unnecessary middlemen are cut out the grower will get better and more stable prices.
- exploitative: Often they are denied a better living by trade barriers and exploitative middlemen in the long supply chain from producer to consumer.
Modifies a noun
- quot: Middleman quot noted geico general insurance company probably should be in the insurance.
- fee: We incorporate BVI offshore companies ourselves, which means you cut out the middleman fees and receive fast priority treatment.
- trader: Using a middleman trader called Lucien Dubois the Frenchman was Nardin's only customer for two years.
- mark: The Local Food movement addresses the issue of food miles and middleman mark up.
Noun used with modifier
broker: Without that online commodity trading and broker middleman the broker provides then late tuesday.
Possessives
profit: Mr. Sainsbury deals direct with the producer, both at home and abroad, and thus saves the middleman's profit.
Preposition: in
chain: Often they are denied a better living by trade barriers and exploitative middlemen in the long supply chain from producer to consumer.
Preposition: of
trade: Met operation targets drug middlemen A new squad has been set up by the Metropolitan Police to target the middlemen of the drugs trade.
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