business agent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of business agent
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Zucker said league rules prevented her from facilitating directly, but Wachtell Lipton found that Zucker simply sidestepped that rule by passing along the Clippers’ preferred terms for a Leonard endorsement through a business agent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
She later became a business agent and organizer for the Hollywood Teamsters local.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
Local 829, the scenic artists’ union, put Drabinsky on its “boycott list” because of “continued inaction and lack of communication regarding the significant payments and benefits,” said Carl Mulert, the local’s national business agent.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
“I’m ecstatic,” said Darlene Carpenter, the business agent for the union’s Local 358.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
You could keep on as business agent for the vest-makers.
From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards
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