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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of intermediating, or the state of being intermediate; intervention; interposition; intermediacy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of coming between; intervention; mediation; interposition.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun countable An act of coming between; an intervention.
  • noun uncountable Intervention; interposition.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement

Etymologies

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intermediate (“verb”) +‎ -ion

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Examples

  • Since the word "intermediation" means that a company accepts deposits and then lends them to others, that fancy word in the strategy simply states the obvious: It's a bank.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed HARVEY SCHACHTER 2011

  • Since the word "intermediation" means that a company accepts deposits and then lends them to others, that fancy word in the strategy simply states the obvious: It's a bank.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed HARVEY SCHACHTER 2011

  • That the brave new world has all-of-the-above kind of people in't, communicating as peers rather than through hierarchy and intermediation, is in most ways cause for celebration.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Roger Sutton 2007

  • That the brave new world has all-of-the-above kind of people in't, communicating as peers rather than through hierarchy and intermediation, is in most ways cause for celebration.

    This is why I don't have a blogroll. Or friends. Roger Sutton 2007

  • It limits them to their legitimate purpose, namely intermediation as opposed to gambling.

    Laurence J. Kotlikoff: Mervyn King Has It Right -- Our Financial System Is the Worst Laurence J. Kotlikoff 2010

  • It limits them to their legitimate purpose, namely intermediation as opposed to gambling.

    Laurence J. Kotlikoff: Mervyn King Has It Right -- Our Financial System Is the Worst Laurence J. Kotlikoff 2010

  • He knows that an inverted yield curve severely and nearly instantly renders unprofitable most financial intermediation, which is the process of "borrowing short to lend long."

    Forbes.com: News Richard M. Salsman 2011

  • It limits them to their legitimate purpose, namely intermediation as opposed to gambling.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Laurence J. Kotlikoff 2010

  • And then generally, we and all remaining commercial banks to survive are going to face a really positive 20 years of re-intermediation as we move from 35 years of dis-intermediation of commercial banking balance sheet out into these capital markets, we are getting ready to go through 15 years of re-intermediation, which is going to be a phenomenal opportunity.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • This allows the US to act as banker to the world, skimming off an "intermediation" fee that allows positive returns on portfolio maturity and quality composition.

    The US is the World’s Largest Hedge Fund | Impact Lab 2007

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