intermediary
English edit
Etymology edit
From French intermédiaire.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əɹi/, /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdjəɹi/, /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdʒəɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪn(t)ɚˈmidiˌɛɹi/
Adjective edit
intermediary (not comparable)
- That intermediates.
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Noun edit
intermediary (plural intermediaries)
- An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.
- Synonyms: mediator, middleman, go-between, intercessor
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world […]
- A person or organisation in an intermediate position (in a transaction, agreement, supply chain etc.)
- One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.
Translations edit
an agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation — see also mediator
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person or organisation in an intermediate position
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one or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.