intermediaries
Brokers of deals
Intermediaries are people or entities that act as go-betweens, facilitating transactions or communication between parties who don't deal directly with each other.
Banks serve as financial intermediaries between savers and borrowers.
Brokers, agents, and middlemen are all intermediaries.
The deal was arranged through intermediaries rather than face-to-face negotiation.
Those acting for others
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- go-betweensIntermediaries connecting separate parties
proxies · surrogates · advocates · spokespersons · diplomats · ambassadors · messengers · middlemen
Those who sell merchandise
- stockbrokersThose who trade equities
- realtorsLicensed property sellers
- matchmakersThose who arrange unions
- auctioneersPeople who conduct bidding sales
underwriters · power-brokers · traders · wholesalers · resellers · distributors · jobbers · factors
Entities that supply retailers
- wholesalersBulk goods merchants
- retailersBusinesses selling to public
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
warehousing · import-export · vendors · suppliers · procurement · sourcing · merchandisers · consolidators
Financial institutions or riversides
- lendersThose who provide loans
- clearinghousesInstitutions settling mutual claims
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
- custodiansThose entrusted with care
fintech · exchanges · depositories · guarantors · insurers · money-changers
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
mediation · deal-making · talks · diplomacy · consultation · settlement · reconciliation · peacemaking
representatives
Those acting for others
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
go-betweens · proxies · surrogates · advocates · spokespersons · diplomats · ambassadors · messengers · middlemen · conduits
dealers
Those who sell merchandise
- stockbrokersThose who trade equities
- realtorsLicensed property sellers
- matchmakersThose who arrange unions
auctioneers · underwriters · power-brokers · traders · wholesalers · resellers · distributors · jobbers · factors · finders
distributors
Entities that supply retailers
- wholesalersBulk goods merchants
- retailersBusinesses selling to public
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
fulfillment · warehousing · import-export · vendors · suppliers · procurement · sourcing · merchandisers · consolidators
banks
Financial institutions or riversides
- lendersThose who provide loans
- clearinghousesInstitutions settling mutual claims
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
custodians · fintech · exchanges · depositories · guarantors · insurers · money-changers
bargaining
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
arbitration · mediation · deal-making · talks · diplomacy · consultation · settlement · reconciliation · peacemaking · facilitation
- mediatorsmediators, arbitrator, arbitrators, negotiator, negotiators
- Platform Economymarketplace, network effects, gig economy, digital marketplaces, sharing economy
- back channelsback doors, go-betweens, middlemen, proxies
- intermediariesmiddleman, middlemen, go-between, go-betweens, broker
- B2B CommerceB2B, suppliers, vendors, buyers, procurement
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
intermediariesprincipals
Chief school administrators
counterparties · originators · end users · decision-makers · stakeholders
intermediariesends
Termini or concludes
endpoints · extremes · starting points · terminals · originators
media, immediately, immediate, mediator, median, mediate, intermediate, intermediary, medial