Intermediary

Definitions

1. An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.
2. A person or organisation in an intermediate position (in a transaction, agreement, supply chain, etc.)
3. One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.

Equivalents

Examples

“A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world […]”

“White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact⟳ via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.”

“The intermediary between the manufacturer and retailer is the wholesaler”

CEFR level