Metamediary
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person or business that helps consumers obtain goods and services from suppliers within a metamarket, as well as offering services such as advice, financing, and so on.
"A new breed of intermediate institutions is emerging to inform and advise customers, and to simplify their dealings with product and service providers. These metamediaries dramatically improve the efficiency and effectiveness of transactions in the Networked Economy. Metamediaries also redraw the boundaries of markets by creating metamarkets, which have no parallel in the physical world."
Example
More examples"A new breed of intermediate institutions is emerging to inform and advise customers, and to simplify their dealings with product and service providers. These metamediaries dramatically improve the efficiency and effectiveness of transactions in the Networked Economy. Metamediaries also redraw the boundaries of markets by creating metamarkets, which have no parallel in the physical world."
Etymology
Blend of meta- + intermediary.
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