percenter
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
percent + -er; the sense of "agent" relates to a percentage of profits being charged as a fee.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
percenter (plural percenters)
- (in combination, preceded by a number) A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of the population.
- (slang, entertainment, including sports) An agent.
- 1944, Billboard, volume 56, number 9:
- If you are an agent, and you have been or are being approached by the American Guild of Variety Artists to help form a percenter organization in your city, you could do worse than use the Artists Representatives' Association for your model.
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See also[edit]
- Talent agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Literary agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sports agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia