intermediary

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.

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

2. 2
   noun

   A person or organisation in an intermediate position (in a transaction, agreement, supply chain, etc.)

   The intermediary between the manufacturer and retailer is the wholesaler

3. 3
   noun

   a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

4. 4
   adj

   That intermediates.

5. 5
   noun

   One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.

Etymology

From French intermédiaire, adjusted to simulate a borrowing from Medieval Latin *intermediārius.