See Also: LDH agent(medicine)
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Agent, tocolytic(health)

agent (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: , from the present participle of Latin agere 'to drive, lead, act, move, do']
a person or company that represents another person or company, especially in business
::Our agent in Rio deals with all our Brazilian business.
agent for
::We're acting as agents for Mr Watson.
-see also estate agent , real estate agent , land agent , travel agent
someone who finds work for actors, musicians etc, or who finds someone to publish a writer's work
::My agent has a new script for me to look at.
::a literary agent
someone who works for a government or police department, especially in order to get secret information about another country or organization
::an intelligence agent
::an FBI agent
::an undercover (=secret) agent
-see also secret agent , double agent
technical a chemical or substance that is used for a particular purpose or that has a particular effect
::Soap is a cleansing agent.
someone or something that affects or changes a situation
agent for/of change
::Technological advances are the chief agents of change.
-see also free agent