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middleman 音标拼音: [m'ɪdəlm ,æn] n. 中间人 中间人 middleman n 1: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers [ synonym: { jobber}, { middleman}, { wholesaler}] 2: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk [ synonym: { interlocutor}, { middleman}] 3: a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; " he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" [ synonym: { contact}, { middleman}] Middleman \ Mid" dle* man\, n.; pl. { Middlemen}. [ 1913 Webster] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A person of intermediate rank; a commoner. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Mil.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers. [ 1913 Webster] 57 Moby Thesaurus words for " middleman": agent, arbitrator, broker, chandler, connection, contact, dealer, deputy, distributor, entrepreneur, front, front man, go- between, importer, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediate agent, intermediator, intermedium, internuncio, interpleader, intervener, interventionist, interventor, jobber, liaison, link, marketer, mediary, mediator, medium, merchandiser, merchant, monger, mouthpiece, negotiant, negotiator, negotiatress, negotiatrix, ombudsman, regrater, retail dealer, retail merchant, retailer, shopkeeper, spokesman, spokeswoman, storekeeper, tie, trader, tradesman, tradeswoman, trafficker, wholesalerMIDDLEMAN contracts. A person who is employed both by the seller and purchaser of goods, or by the purchaser alone, to receive them into his possession, for the purpose of doing something in or about them; as, if goods be delivered from a ship by the seller, to a wharfinger, to be by him forwarded to the purchaser, who has been appointed by the latter to receive them; or if goods be sent to a packer, for and by orders of the vendee, the packer is to be considered as a middleman. 2. The goods in both, these cases will be considered in transitu, provided the purchaser has not used the wharfinger' s or the packer' s warehouse as his own, an have an ulterior place of delivery in view. 3 B. & P. l27, 469; 4 Esp. R. 82; 2 B. & P. 457; 1 Campb. 282; 1 Atk. 245; 1 H. Bl. 364; 3 East, R. 93; Whit. on Trans. 195. 3. By middleman is also understood one who has been employed as an agent by a principal, and who has employed a subagent under him by authority of the principal, either express or implied. He is not in general liable for the wrongful acts of the sub- agent, the principal being alone responsible. 3 Campb. N. P. Cas. 4; 6 T. R. 411; 14 East, 65.
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