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middleman

[ mid-l-man ]

noun

plural middlemen.
  1. a person who plays an economic role intermediate between producer and retailer or consumer.
  2. a person who acts as an intermediary.


middleman

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noun

  1. an independent trader engaged in the distribution of goods from producer to consumer
  2. an intermediary
  3. theatre the interlocutor in minstrel shows
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of middleman1

1400–50; late Middle English: maker of girdles; middle, man
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She says there is "systemic risk inherent" in the sponsorship system, because it "puts the employer in a position of incredible power" and has "enabled this predatory market of middlemen to mushroom".

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According to Insight Crime, a think tank specialising in organised crime, European criminal networks have been establishing their own drug smuggling routes in South America rather than relying on middlemen.

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His family is just one among hundreds of people from Kerala seeking work in the UK who have been exploited by recruiters, care homes and middlemen.

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The court heard he began to take on work through a British middleman who police said had connections with Albanian gangsters running the cannabis farms.

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I love stuff like that because I get to be the middleman.

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