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Meanings of middleman in English

Catalan
majorista

Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers.

        majorista
        Portuguese
        intermediária
        Catalan
        enllaç
        Spanish
        contacto

        A person who is in a position to give you special assistance.

              intermediária

              The person being the intermediary among more people to facilitate the creation and conclusion of a contract.

                    The performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk.

                          Usage of middleman in English
                          1
                          Could it be that all we really need is the right middleman?
                          Wired
                          2
                          Now in none of these cases is the middleman a mere parasite.
                          Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of...
                          3
                          The Agent is their middleman, and he eats up all the profits.
                          Lydia of the Pines
                          4
                          The middleman, who is usually a Persian Jew, makes the big profit.
                          Modern India
                          5
                          But to return to our middleman, upon whom the whole controversy centres.
                          The Art of Living in Australia / Together with Three Hundred Aus...
                          6
                          Or I could cut out the middleman, and simply buy a university.
                          Spike
                          7
                          A third middleman was Biological Resource Center of Illinois, another Chicago-area broker.
                          Reuters
                          8
                          On occasion, the clause kicks in if a middleman drops the ball.
                          Wired
                          9
                          The middleman negotiates the bribes, thus keeping company officials from being directly involved.
                          Reuters
                          10
                          Marshack's name coming up as a possible middleman in the deal.
                          A visible darkness
                          11
                          I am merely a middleman trying to bring you and true love together.
                          Ebony
                          12
                          This prevents the true owner from hiding behind another company or a middleman.
                          The Guardian
                          13
                          So, but everyone is faced with this question of am I superfluous middleman?
                          The new yorker
                          14
                          Finally, in November 2019, a middleman was arrested, and he began to talk.
                          The Guardian
                          15
                          Hind, 56, received three-and-a-half years for his role as the middleman.
                          The Guardian
                          16
                          When the brick-house era sets in, the middleman will be rampant.
                          In the Midst of Alarms
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                          Translations for middleman
                          Portuguese
                          intermediária
                          Spanish
                          contacto
                          Middleman through the time
                          Middleman across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common