INTERMEDIARY

mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor

(noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

intermediary (not comparable)

Intermediate.

Noun

intermediary (plural intermediaries)

An agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree.

An arranger of a contract or other agreement who is separate from the parties to the agreement

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

A person or organisation in an intermediate position in a supply chain of goods or services

Source: Wiktionary


In`ter*me"di*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intermédiaire.]

Definition: Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project. Intermediary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.

In`ter*me"di*a*ry, n.; pl. Intermediaries (.

Definition: One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go- between.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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