agent
♦♦ agent /'eɪdʒənt/ (agents)
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An agent is a person who looks after someone else's business affairs or does business on their behalf. (BUSINESS)
You are buying direct, rather than through an agent.
see also estate agent, press agent,
= representative, rep
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An agent in the arts world is a person who gets work for an actor or musician, or who sells the work of a writer to publishers.
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An agent is a person who works for a country's secret service.
All these years he's been an agent for the East.
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A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
...the bleaching agent in white flour.agent pro|vo|ca|teur /'æʒɒn prɒvɒkət'ɜːr/ (agents provocateurs)
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An agent provocateur is a person who is employed by the government or the police to encourage certain groups of people to break the law, so they can arrest them or make them lose public support.
Agents provocateurs may seek to discredit the opposition.dou|ble agent (double agents)
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A double agent is someone who works as a spy for a particular country or organization, but who also works for its enemies.es|tate agent (estate agents)
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An estate agent is someone who works for a company that sells houses and land for people. (BRIT; in AM, use Realtor, real estate agent)free agent (free agents)
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If you say that someone is a free agent, you are emphasizing that they can do whatever they want to do, because they are not responsible to anyone or for anyone.
We are not free agents; we abide by the decisions of our president.
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If a sports player is a free agent, he or she is free to sign a contract with any team. (AM)nerve agent (nerve agents)
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A nerve agent is a chemical weapon that affects people's nervous systems.press agent (press agents)
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A press agent is a person who is employed by a famous person to give information about that person to the press.pub|lic|ity agent (publicity agents)
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A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.se|cret agent (secret agents)
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A secret agent is a person who is employed by a government to find out the secrets of other governments.trav|el agent (travel agents)
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A travel agent or travel agent's is a shop or office where you can go to arrange a holiday or journey.
He worked in a travel agent's.
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A travel agent is a person or business that arranges people's holidays and journeys.
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An agent is a person who looks after someone else's business affairs or does business on their behalf. (BUSINESS)
You are buying direct, rather than through an agent.
see also estate agent, press agent,
= representative, rep
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An agent in the arts world is a person who gets work for an actor or musician, or who sells the work of a writer to publishers.
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An agent is a person who works for a country's secret service.
All these years he's been an agent for the East.
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A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
...the bleaching agent in white flour.agent pro|vo|ca|teur /'æʒɒn prɒvɒkət'ɜːr/ (agents provocateurs)
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An agent provocateur is a person who is employed by the government or the police to encourage certain groups of people to break the law, so they can arrest them or make them lose public support.
Agents provocateurs may seek to discredit the opposition.dou|ble agent (double agents)
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A double agent is someone who works as a spy for a particular country or organization, but who also works for its enemies.es|tate agent (estate agents)
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An estate agent is someone who works for a company that sells houses and land for people. (BRIT; in AM, use Realtor, real estate agent)free agent (free agents)
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If you say that someone is a free agent, you are emphasizing that they can do whatever they want to do, because they are not responsible to anyone or for anyone.
We are not free agents; we abide by the decisions of our president.
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If a sports player is a free agent, he or she is free to sign a contract with any team. (AM)nerve agent (nerve agents)
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A nerve agent is a chemical weapon that affects people's nervous systems.press agent (press agents)
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A press agent is a person who is employed by a famous person to give information about that person to the press.pub|lic|ity agent (publicity agents)
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A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.se|cret agent (secret agents)
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A secret agent is a person who is employed by a government to find out the secrets of other governments.trav|el agent (travel agents)
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A travel agent or travel agent's is a shop or office where you can go to arrange a holiday or journey.
He worked in a travel agent's.
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A travel agent is a person or business that arranges people's holidays and journeys.