business agent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of business agent
First recorded in 1840–50
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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
Those opportunities are siphoning off potential UPS workers and creating more manual labor for those who remain, said Ross Kinson, a business agent for the local Teamsters.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
“I’m ecstatic,” said Darlene Carpenter, the business agent for the union’s Local 358.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
As a matter of fact, she had not been inside the place for a number of years, as the property she had inherited from her mother was in the hands of a business agent.
From The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory by Margaret Vandercook
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