What does middleman mean?
Definitions for middleman
ˈmɪd lˌmænmid·dle·man
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word middleman.
Princeton's WordNet
jobber, middleman, wholesalernoun
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
interlocutor, middlemannoun
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
contact, middlemannoun
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
"he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
Wiktionary
middlemannoun
An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties
middlemannoun
An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer
Etymology: middle + man
ChatGPT
middleman
A middleman is an intermediary or agent between two or more parties who facilitates transactions, communications, or other interactions. This can include businesses such as wholesalers, distributors, brokers, or dealers who buy products from manufacturers and sell them to retailers or directly to consumers. Middlemen generally add value to transactions by providing services such as transportation, storage, marketing, or financing.
Webster Dictionary
Middlemannoun
an agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry
Middlemannoun
a person of intermediate rank; a commoner
Middlemannoun
the man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers
The Roycroft Dictionary
middleman
One who works both ends against the middle.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MIDDLEMAN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Middleman is ranked #57914 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Middleman surname appeared 351 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Middleman.
92.5% or 325 total occurrences were White.
3.1% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.5% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of middleman in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of middleman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of middleman in a Sentence
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It is well-known what a middleman is he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.
Recently ISIL has been exploiting the potential of social media more and more frequently so as to cut out the middleman and sell artifacts directly to buyers.
Farmers are price takers, not price makers, people are paying a lot more in the stores, but what the farmers are getting has pretty much stayed the same or gone much more volatile... The middleman is really the one making the profit on this.
We built this brand one bottle at a time, one glass at a time, in great restaurants across the U.S., the connection with our restaurant accounts has been relationship-based. Here in California, we are own distributor. We don’t have a middleman. Other distributors push wine into accounts. We’ve created a model where our customers are pulling -- they come in and ask.
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Translations for middleman
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- MittelsmannGerman
- μεσάζωνGreek
- intermediario, intermediariaSpanish
- واسطهPersian
- välittäjä, välimies, välikäsiFinnish
- intermédiaireFrench
- बिचौलियाHindi
- kozvetítőHungarian
- perantaraIndonesian
- intermediarioItalian
- סַפְסָרHebrew
- middlemanLatin
- tarpininkasLithuanian
- препродавач, посредникMacedonian
- telangkai, wasit, orang tengahMalay
- tussenhandelaar, tussenpersoonDutch
- pośrednikPolish
- intermediárioPortuguese
- intermediarRomanian
- mlanguzi, walanguziSwahili
- người trung gianVietnamese
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