- 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 per cent of the sale price.
Wordfinderaccountant, agent, auditor, CEO, chairman, consultant, entrepreneur, executive, managersee also estate agent, extension agent, land agent, real estate agent, station agent, travel agentExtra ExamplesTopics Jobsb1, Businessb1- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booking
- ticket
- travel
- …
- employ
- have
- use
- …
- through an agent
- agent for
- 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
- a theatrical/literary agent
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatreb1- If you want to get published, get yourself an agent!
- She got the work through an agent.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booking
- ticket
- travel
- …
- employ
- have
- use
- …
- through an agent
- agent for
- (also secret agent)a person who works secretly to obtain information for a government or other organization
- He was arrested by federal agents.
- an enemy/undercover agent
- CIA/FBI agents
Extra Examples- She was operating as an undercover agent in London.
- They were suspected of acting as enemy agents.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- intelligence
- enemy
- foreign
- …
- (formal) a person or thing that has an important effect on a situation
- The charity has been an agent for social change.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- main
- primary
- …
- agent for
- an agent for change
- an agent of change
- (specialist) a chemical or a substance that produces an effect or a change or is used for a particular purpose
- chemical/biological agents
- cleaning/oxidizing agents
- (grammar) 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 see also free agent
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘someone or something that produces an effect’): from Latin agent- ‘doing’, from agere.
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