agent /āˈjənt/

1. A person or thing that acts or exerts power
2. Any natural force acting on matter
3. A person (or company) authorized or delegated to transact business for another
4. A person who acts on behalf of another in effecting a legal relationship between that other person and a third party
5. A sales representative for a business
6. Formerly, a bank manager
7. Formerly, the representative of the government in a group of Indian states
8. A paid political party worker
9. A secret agent or spy
10. A computer program capable of performing a sequence of operations without repeated user intervention
11. The doer of an action, the subject of an active verb or noun (grammar)

1. To conduct as a law agent (Scot)
2. To act as an agent to

1. Acting
2. Of an agent

agency /āˈjən-si/ noun

1. The operation or action of an agent
2. Instrumentality, operation
3. The office or business of an agent
4. Such a business putting employers and those requiring employment in contact with each other (eg a recruitment agency or nursing agency)
5. A government department (N American)
6. Formerly, a group of Indian states assigned to an agent

agenˈtial /-shəl/ adjective

1. Relating to an agent or agency
2. Agentive (grammar)

aˈgentive adjective (grammar)

Of an affix, etc, signifying the agent of a verb, eg the suffix -er in speaker

A grammatical case denoting this

agentivˈity noun

agency nurse, secretary, etc noun

One employed through an agency

agency shop noun (N American)

An establishment in which the union, usu by agreement with the management, represents all workers whether they are members of it or not

agent-genˈeral noun (pl agents-genˈeral)

A representative in England of an Australian state or Canadian province

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