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agent
/ˈeɪdʒənt/ noun [C]Definition
BUSINESS › someone whose job is to deal with business for someone else: The company has agents all over the world. a literary agent
GOVERNMENT (also secret agent) › someone who tries to find out secret information, especially about another country → See also estate agentUK → See also real estate agentUS → See also travel agent
(Definition of agent noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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