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Noun
A person who acts on behalf of another person or group
“Clients of this firm should not panic as we have appointed an agent to look after their interests.”
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A person or thing that takes an active role or produces a specified effect
“Its new promotional campaign positions the company as an agent in the war against inequality.”
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A person or company that provides a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties
“Moreover, a company will need to make sure that it's getting the right level of service from a third party serving as the outsourcing agent for many different organizations.”
Noun
A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
“All these years he's been an agent for a foreign power.”
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The doer of an action, typically expressed as the subject of an active verb or in a by phrase with a passive verb
“For instance, when we describe one person as having killed another, we imply that the first person - the agent of the action - caused the death of the second person.”
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