mid·dle·man /ˈmɪdlmæn/ noun (plural middlemen /-men/) [countableC] BBBUSINESSsomeone who buys things in order to sell them to someone else, or who helps to arrange business deals for other people 经纪人;掮客;中间人 He acts as a middleman for British companies seeking contracts in the Gulf. 他给在海湾地区寻找商机的英国公司当中间人。
Buy direct from the manufacturer and cut out the middleman (=avoid using a middleman). 从厂家直接进货,绕开中间商。
cut out the middleman• Of course, if you have a fax at home, you can cut out the middleman.• Cawthorne seems to have cut out the middleman.
From Longman Business Dictionary
middlemanmid·dle·man /ˈmɪdlmæn/ noun (plural middlemen /-men/) [countableC]COMMERCE a person, business, organization etc that buys things in order to sell them to someone else, or that helps to arrange business deals for other people, for example a BROKER or WHOLESALERInvestors will get better prices by avoiding companies that go through a middleman.