disintermediation.

The removal or bypassing of an intermediary between parties in a financial or commercial relationship.

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Words that belong together

• financial disintermediation
• disintermediation of distribution

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Direct bond issuance produced disintermediation between borrowers and traditional banks.

The platform encouraged disintermediation by allowing suppliers to sell directly to customers.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: financial analysis, risk evaluation, comparison, explanation. Disciplines: economics, finance, business. Commonness: uncommon.