Disintermediate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To carry out disintermediation, to remove another from intermediation. ambitransitive

    "High-profile ventures like Amazon.com, Dell, and E*Trade helped to hype the Internet as the means to disintermediate, or cut out the middlemen. The theory was that these indirect channels weren't necessary anymore."

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"High-profile ventures like Amazon.com, Dell, and E*Trade helped to hype the Internet as the means to disintermediate, or cut out the middlemen. The theory was that these indirect channels weren't necessary anymore."

Etymology

Back-formation from disintermediation.

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