Meaning: The trait of behaving in an obscene manner. Classified under: Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects. Synonyms: bawdiness; lewdness; obscenity; salaciousness; salacity. Hypernyms (lewdness is a kind of...): indecency (the quality of being indecent) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of lewdness):
What is a 'Financial Intermediary'. A financial intermediary is an entity that acts as the middleman between two parties in a financial transaction, such as a commercial bank, investment banks, mutual funds and pension funds.
The Medicare fiscal intermediaries (FIs) are private insurance companies that serve as the federal government's agents in the administration of the Medicare program, including the payment of claims. There are two primary functions for the FI--reimbursement review and medical coverage review.