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Topic: BUSINESS BASICS

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: , from the present participle of Latin agere 'to drive, lead, act, move, do'

agent

 noun
     
a‧gent S3 W2 [countable]
1BB a person or company that represents another person or company, especially in business:
Our agent in Rio deals with all our Brazilian business.
agent for
We're acting as agents for Mr Watson.
➔ estate agent, real estate agent, land agent, travel agent
2AMAP someone who finds work for actors, musicians etc, or who finds someone to publish a writer's work:
My agent has a new script for me to look at.
3PGSCP someone who works for a government or police department, especially in order to get secret information about another country or organization:
an FBI agent
an undercover (=secret) agent
 ➔ secret agent, double agent
4HC technical a chemical or substance that is used for a particular purpose or that has a particular effect:
Soap is a cleansing agent.
5 someone or something that affects or changes a situation
agent for/of change
Technological advances are the chief agents of change.
➔ free agent
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