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intermediation

[ in-ter-mee-dee-ey-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪn tərˌmi diˈeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of intermediating.

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Origin of intermediation

First recorded in 1595–1605; intermediate² + -ion

Words nearby intermediation

intermediate school, intermediate technology, intermediate treatment, intermediate-value theorem, intermediate vector boson, intermediation, interment, intermetallic compound, intermezzo, intermigration, interminable

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How to use intermediation in a sentence

The second thing we do is, we work on financial intermediation.
Fed Up (Ep. 390)|Stephen J. Dubner|September 26, 2019|Freakonomics
Practically all of Wagners music that is available for the pianist he owes to Liszts able intermediation.
Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works|Edward Baxter Perry
The truth of the highest Being irradiated him without intermediation, and in transparent clearness, without word or speech.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
The same thing occurred in other cases, even without the intermediation of a new employing class.
An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England|Edward Potts Cheyney

The nerves act then on all the organs, and by their intermediation all the unhealthy organs may be affected.
Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion|Emile Cou
Wales was reduced to law and order, and, through the intermediation of Francis, a satisfactory peace was made with Scotland.
Henry VIII.|A. F. Pollard