disintermediation

American  

[dis-in-ter-mee-dee-ay-shuhn] / ˌdɪs ɪn tərˌmi diˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act of removing funds from savings banks and placing them into short-term investments on which the interest-rate yields are higher.

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disintermediation British  

/ dɪsˌɪntəˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. finance the elimination of such financial intermediaries as banks and brokers in transactions between principals, often as a result of deregulation and the use of computers

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Etymology

Origin of disintermediation

First recorded in 1965–70; dis- ¹ + intermediation

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Example Sentences

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disintermediation

Cloud is another business Lapping deems ripe for disintermediation by China.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

In our view, Oracle’s business should be more resilient than other software names facing artificial-intelligence disintermediation from vertically integrated customer entrenchment, and providing the compute for AI.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

The bigger threat from the internet, it turned out, was disintermediation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

The only reason anybody was able to read and retransmit what I wrote because of that complete disintermediation.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2022

That’s a separate trend that’s happening that is part of the disintermediation of distributors.

From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2022

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