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Webster 1913 Edition
Intermediary
Inˊter-me′di-a-ry
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
intermédiaire
.] Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate;
as, an
. intermediary
projectIntermediary amputation
(Surg.)
, an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.
Inˊter-me′di-a-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Intermediaries
. One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between; a mediator.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intermediary
INTERME'DIARY
,Noun.
1.
Interposition; intervention. [Not much used.]2.
Something interposed.Definition 2024
intermediary
intermediary
English
Adjective
intermediary
Noun
intermediary (plural intermediaries)
- An agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree.
- 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world […]
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- An arranger of a contract or other agreement who is separate from the parties to the agreement
- One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.
- A person or organisation in an intermediate position in a supply chain of goods or services
- The intermediary between the manufacturer and retailer is the wholesaler
Translations
an agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree
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one or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.