middleman

5 definitions • 3 examples

a person who buys goods from the company that has produced them and makes a profit by selling them to a shop or a user:

You can lower the price by cutting out (= avoiding the use of) the middleman and buying directly from the factory.

someone who communicates or makes arrangements between two people or groups who are unwilling or unable to meet or deal directly with each other

a person who buys goods from the person who makes or grows them and makes a profit by selling them to a store or a user

a person or company that buys goods from the company that has produced them and makes a profit by selling them to a store or a user:

You can lower the price if you cut out the middleman and buy directly from the factory.

a person who communicates or makes arrangements between two people or groups who are unwilling or unable to meet or deal directly with each other:

Generally, any unsolicited offer to make money by being a middleman for a transaction for somebody you don't know is fraudulent.