agent
noun OPAL W
/ˈeɪdʒənt/
/ˈeɪdʒənt/
- 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.
Wordfinder- accountant
- agent
- auditor
- businessman
- CEO
- chairman
- consultant
- entrepreneur
- executive
- manager
Wordfinder- agent
- business
- company
- competitor
- customer
- director
- employ
- franchise
- manager
- shareholder
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 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.
- He was convicted of acting as an agent for the Soviet Union.
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.