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mid·dle·man
(mĭd′l-măn′)n.
1. A trader who buys from producers and sells to retailers or consumers.
2. An intermediary; a go-between.
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middleman
(ˈmɪdəlˌmæn)n, pl -men
1. (Commerce) an independent trader engaged in the distribution of goods from producer to consumer
2. an intermediary
3. (Theatre) theatre the interlocutor in minstrel shows
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mid•dle•man
(ˈmɪd lˌmæn)n., pl. -men.
1. a person who buys goods from the producer and resells them to the retailer or consumer.
2. a person who acts as an intermediary.
[1785–95]
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Noun | 1. | middleman - someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers distributer, distributor - someone who markets merchandise meat packer, packer - a wholesaler in the meat-packing business |
2. | middleman - the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk minstrel - a performer in a minstrel show | |
3. | middleman - a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" representative - a person who represents others |
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middleman
noun intermediary, broker, entrepreneur, distributor, go-between Why don't they cut out the middleman and let us do it ourselves?
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middleman
nounSomeone who acts as an intermediate agent in a transaction or helps to resolve differences:
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Translations
سِمْسار، وَسيط
zprostředkovatel
mellemmand
välikäsivälimiesvälittäjä
milliliîur
tussenhandelaartussenpersoon
posrednik
middleman
[ˈmɪdlmæn] N (middlemen (pl)) (Comm) → intermediario/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
middleman
[ˈmɪdəlmæn] n → intermédiaire mthrough a middleman → par l'entremise d'un intermédiaire
to cut out the middleman → supprimer les intermédiairesmiddle management n → cadres mpl moyensmiddle manager n → cadre m moyenmiddle name n
(= second Christian name) → deuxième prénom m
(= key characteristic)
Geniality is my middle name → Je suis la bienveillance incarnée.middle-of-the-road [ˌmɪdələvðəˈrəʊd] adj
Geniality is my middle name → Je suis la bienveillance incarnée.middle-of-the-road [ˌmɪdələvðəˈrəʊd] adj
[opinions, policies] → modéré(e)
n → collège m
modif [head teacher] → du collège; [library, cafeteria] → du collège; [mathematics] → des collèges
middle school student → collégien(ne) m/fmiddle-sized [ˈmɪdəlsaɪzd] adj [town, company] → de taille moyenne
middle school student → collégien(ne) m/fmiddle-sized [ˈmɪdəlsaɪzd] adj [town, company] → de taille moyenne
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
middle
(ˈmidl) noun1. the central point or part. the middle of a circle.
2. the central area of the body; the waist. You're getting rather fat round your middle.
adjective equally distant from both ends. the middle seat in a row.
ˈmiddling adjective average. He's neither tall nor short, but of middling height.
middle age the years between youth and old age. She is well into middle age.
ˌmiddle-ˈaged adjectiveMiddle Ages (with the)
the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
Middle East (with the) Egypt and the countries of Asia west of Pakistan.
ˈmiddleman (-mӕn) noun a dealer who buys goods from the person who makes or grows them, and sells them to shopkeepers or to the public; a wholesaler. You can save money by buying direct from the factory and cutting out the middleman.
be in the middle of (doing) something to be busily occupied doing something. Please excuse my appearance. I was in the middle of washing my hair.
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