intermediation.

The activity of connecting parties or arranging transactions between them through an intermediary.

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Words that belong together

• financial intermediation
• credit intermediation

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Financial intermediation connected household savings with firms seeking investment funds.

The study evaluated the cost of intermediation as well as the risks it helped manage.

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.