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Agent Person ˈeɪdʒənt Deals Act Extra Examples Work

Word3 agent
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈeɪdʒənt/ /ˈeɪdʒənt/
Example
  • our agent in new york deals with all us sales.
  • if you're going to rent out your house while you're abroad, you'll need someone to act as your agent here.
  • an insurance agent
  • typical agent's fees are around 6 percent of the sale price.
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agent

(noun)/ˈeɪdʒənt/ /ˈeɪdʒənt/
  1. a person whose job is to act for, or manage the affairs of, other people in business, politics, etc.
    • Our agent in New York deals with all US sales.
    • If you're going to rent out your house while you're abroad, you'll need someone to act as your agent here.
    • an insurance agent
    • Typical agent's fees are around 6 percent of the sale price.

    Extra Examples

    • I have an agent who deals with all my contracts.
    • The company has developed sales through local agents in key markets.
    • an agent for a shipping company
  2. a person whose job is to arrange work for an actor, musician, sports player, etc. or to find somebody who will publish a writer’s work
    • SEE ALSO literary agent
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/literary-agent
    • a theatrical/literary agent

    Extra Examples

    • If you want to get published, get yourself an agent!
    • She got the work through an agent.
  3. a person who works secretly to obtain information for a government or other organization
    • SEE ALSO double agent
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/double-agent
    • He was arrested by federal agents.
    • an enemy/undercover agent
    • CIA/FBI agents

    Extra Examples

    • She was operating as an undercover agent in London.
    • He was convicted of acting as an agent for the Soviet Union.
  4. a person or thing that has an important effect on a situation
    • The charity has been an agent for social change.
  5. a chemical or a substance that produces an effect or a change or is used for a particular purpose
    • SEE ALSO nerve agent
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/nerve-agent
    • chemical/biological agents
    • cleaning/oxidizing agents
  6. the person or thing that does an action (expressed as the subject of an active verb, or in a ‘by’ phrase with a passive verb)
    • COMPARE patient
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/patient_2

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English (in the sense ‘someone or something that produces an effect’): from Latin agent- ‘doing’, from agere.
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