intermediary

In sales, the term intermediary describes how pulling buyers and sellers together while aggregating data can facilitate transactions. Internet-based intermediaries create multi-vendor, multi-product marketplaces.

Last updated: June 15, 2004.

adj.

1. Existing or occurring between; intermediate.
2. Acting as a mediator or an agent between persons or things.

n., pl., -ies.

1. One that acts as a mediator.
2. One that acts as an agent between persons or things; a means.
3. An intermediate state or stage.

[Probably French intermédiaire, from Late Latin intermedius, intermediate. See intermediate.]

Person or institution empowered to make investment decisions for others. Some examples are banks, savings and loan institutions, insurance companies, brokerage firms, mutual funds, and credit unions. These specialists are knowledgeable about investment alternatives and can achieve a higher return than the average investor can. Furthermore, they deal in large dollar volumes, have lower transaction costs, and can diversify their assets easily. Also called financial intermediary.

noun

1. Someone who acts as an intermediate agent in a transaction or helps to resolve differences: broker, go-between, interceder, intercessor, intermediate, intermediator, mediator, middleman. See means.
2. That by which something is accomplished or some end achieved: agency, agent, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, mean³ (used in plural), mechanism, medium, organ. See means.

IN BRIEF: Acting as a mediator. Also: A middle or in-between product or stage.

Like music, [art] acts on the soul through the intermediary of the senses: harmonious colors correspond to the harmonies of sound. — Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), French artist.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mellemmand, formidler, mellemled
adj. - mellemliggende, mellem-

Nederlands (Dutch)
tussenpersoon, bemiddelaar, tussenstadium, tussenliggend, bemiddelend

Français (French)
n. - intermédiaire
adj. - intermédiaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vermittler
adj. - Zwischen-, vermittelnd

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενδιάμεσος, μεσάζων, μεσολαβητής, μεσίτης
adj. - ενδιάμεσος, μεσολαβητικός

Italiano (Italian)
intermediario

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - intermediário (m)

Русский (Russian)
посредник, посредничество, переходная форма

Español (Spanish)
n. - intermediario, mediador, medio, conducto
adj. - intermediario, mediador, intermedio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mellanhand, mäklare, mellanled, mellanstadium, övergångsstadium
adj. - förmedlande, mellan-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
仲裁者, 媒介物, 中间物, 中间的, 媒介的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 仲裁者, 媒介物, 中間物
adj. - 中間的, 媒介的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 중개자, 중간단계, 중간물
adj. - 중간의, 매개의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 中間の, 中継の, 仲介の, 媒介の
n. - 媒介者, 媒介, 手段, 仲裁者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وسيط, وسيله (صفه) متوسط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתווך, איש-ביניים‬
adj. - ‮פועל כמפשר או כמתווך, של ביניים‬

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