reintermediatev.
/ˌriːɪntəˈmiːdɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˌriɪn(t)ərˈmidiˌeɪt/ Finance.
1. transitive. To return (funds or investments) to the banking system, rather than dealing directly with the stock market; to reintroduce the role of (a bank, building society, etc.) as an intermediary between a lender and a borrower, or between an investor and the stock market. Cf. disintermediate v. 2.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > other money-dealing operations
to part stakes (also shares)1553
marshal1771
float1872
squeeze1885
hedge1909
block1932
to lock in1950
divest1962
reintermediate1971
launder1973
wash1973
1971 Times 24 May (Wall Street section) p. iii/2 This shift from disintermediating to reintermediating our financial institutions has been at a record pace.
1981 Financial Mail 28 Aug. 986/3 These non-bank loans have flowed back to the banks (they are being re-intermediated).
2007 Federal Reserve Bank of N.Y. Econ. Policy Rev. Mar. 10/1 It may be better for domestic depositors to keep their money within the domestic financial system, to be reintermediated locally.
2. intransitive. To return to investing savings in or obtaining funds from the banking system, rather than the stock market directly; (also of a bank, etc.) to recommence involvement as an intermediary in such transactions. Cf. disintermediate v. 1.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > other types of money dealing
to bargain and sell1768
hedge1909
to break even1914
to wash its face1946
disinvest1961
reintermediate1979
pitch1980
divest1984
1979 Daily Tel. 13 Aug. 14 Controlling the monetary base alone would simply mean that the banks disintermediated or reintermediated as necessary to meet their ratios.
1982 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 5 Aug. 4 Bank financing of ETC joint ventures may encourage manufacturers to reintermediate and rely less on commercial paper.
2000 Jrnl. Money, Credit & Banking 32 1076 The deposit (and asset base) of banks is likely to expand as savers reintermediate and hold liquidity in the form of deposits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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