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disintermediations

disintermediations is the plural of disintermediation.

Meaning of disintermediation

Noun

disintermediation (countable and uncountable, plural disintermediations)

  1. The removal of funds from a financial institution such as a bank for direct purchase of financial instruments.
    • Any disintermediation crisis, such as has occurred three times since 1966, causes mortgage money to dry up and slow down new housing construction which the country desperately needs.1974 July 18, “Disintermediation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. The removal of an intermediary from a commercial transaction.
    • The news industry is undergoing a massive disintermediation due to the ubiquitous low-cost communication made possible by the internet.

Questions about disintermediations

What is disintermediations the plural of?
Disintermediations is the plural of disintermediation.

Words near disintermediations in the dictionary

  1. disintermediate
  2. disintermediated
  3. disintermediates
  4. disintermediating
  5. disintermediation
  6. disintermediations
  7. disintermediator
  8. disintermediators
  9. disinterment
  10. disinterments
  11. disinterred

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