Definition of agent

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Agent (n.) One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor..

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Understrapper :: Understrapper (n.) A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.
Paymaster :: Paymaster (n.) One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same..
Chance :: Chance (n.) The operation or activity of such agent.
Reagent :: Reagent (n.) A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test..
Commission :: Commission (n.) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere..
Attorney :: Attorney (n.) A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
Gold :: Gold (v. t.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7..
Del Credere :: Del credere () An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due..
Letheon :: Letheon (n.) Sulphuric ether used as an anaesthetic agent.
Demiurge :: Demiurge (n.) According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man..
Person :: Person (n.) A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child..
Intermedium :: Intermedium (n.) An intervening agent or instrument.
Diplomatic :: Diplomatic (n.) A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist..
Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement..
Exsiccator :: Exsiccator (n.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid..
Minister :: Minister (n.) A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument..
Agent :: Agent (n.) One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor..
Deed :: Deed (v. t.) That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small..
Carbonize :: Carbonize (v. t.) To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
Precipitant :: Precipitant (n.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
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