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purchasing agent
noun
- a person who buys materials, supplies, equipment, etc., for a company.
- an independent buyer acting as a hired agent.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of purchasing agent1
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Example Sentences
I worked in maintenance four and a half days a week and Monday afternoons I was the purchasing agent for the hospital.
I then sell them to you—the purchasing agent of the Government—for a net sum of at least two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The Section of Purchases corresponded to the purchasing agent of a large corporation.
The chief purchasing agent's countenance wore the expression of one who says "Where have I seen that face before?"
Finding none the chief purchasing agent affected to consider the merits of Croly's demand.
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