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
“It’s important that we get the women working right away when they get out,” said Heather Kurtenbach, a formerly incarcerated business agent at Ironworkers Local 86 in Tukwila.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
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
So I’ve known how to navigate throughout all that, throughout my career as a rank-and-file member and as a business agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
It is just as hard for a labor organization to find a satisfactory "business agent," as it is for a mercantile concern.
From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards
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