Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The elimination of intermediary agents in transactions between buyers and sellers.
- noun Withdrawal of funds from intermediary financial institutions, such as banks and savings and loan associations, in order to invest in instruments yielding a higher return.
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- noun banking, finance, economics The removal of funds from a financial institution such as a
bank for direct purchase offinancial instruments . - noun business The
removal of anintermediary from acommercial transaction .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The essay goes on to suggest that disintermediation is taking place, in that a smaller share of the labor force is working for employers that offer generous health insurance.
Business and Health Care Costs, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Just on that before I move to my other topic, I'm curious given that you've seen an increase in deposit cap for the banking systems, $250,000 from $100,000, in what seems to be a temporary move by the government action on the money market business, is there a longer term disintermediation issue that you're worried about?
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Just on that before I move to my other topic, I'm curious given that you've seen an increase in deposit cap for the banking systems, $250,000 from $100,000, in what seems to be a temporary move by the government action on the money market business, is there a longer term disintermediation issue that you're worried about?
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator (real estate blogs) 2008
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The buzzword on everyone's lips was 'disintermediation' - the idea that with ebooks writers could sell direct to their readers, so would no longer need publishers or bookshops.
5 top tips to sell more ebooks Brian Clegg 2010
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The buzzword on everyone's lips was 'disintermediation' - the idea that with ebooks writers could sell direct to their readers, so would no longer need publishers or bookshops.
Archive 2010-01-01 Brian Clegg 2010
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Yeah, "disintermediation" -- I learned that word from Larry Solum.
Archive 2006-05-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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I don't have serious objections in principle to the right kind of "disintermediation" - the jargon used for the process of reducing the supply chain - or even to ebooks, as long as they don't completely replace the physical book.
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I don't have serious objections in principle to the right kind of "disintermediation" - the jargon used for the process of reducing the supply chain - or even to ebooks, as long as they don't completely replace the physical book.
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I don't have serious objections in principle to the right kind of "disintermediation" - the jargon used for the process of reducing the supply chain - or even to ebooks, as long as they don't completely replace the physical book.
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I don't have serious objections in principle to the right kind of "disintermediation" - the jargon used for the process of reducing the supply chain - or even to ebooks, as long as they don't completely replace the physical book.
whichbe commented on the word disintermediation
The business concept of "cutting out the middlemen."
(From NetLingo)
May 28, 2008
mollusque commented on the word disintermediation
Presumably middlemen are antidisintermediation.
May 28, 2008