fiscal agent

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a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.

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First recorded in 1835–45

In 2012, then-city attorney Jan Goldsmith concluded SDPD contracts with the Alliance to serve as fiscal agent for the center were entered illegally and asked the city auditor to probe the deals, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Center Serving Domestic Violence Victims Remains Closed, Angering Advocates|Ashly McGlone|January 6, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.
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I could complain about how, two out of eight episodes in, Agent Carter is in no hurry to introduce its real villain.
Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’ Stomps on the Patriarchy|Melissa Leon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Lalo said he reported the kidnapping to his ICE handlers, which was confirmed by a former federal agent familiar with the case.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You would drink it, then “take a little nap and after that you feel wonderful,” according to a press agent.
History's Craziest Hangover Cures|Justin Jones|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That the inconstancy of such notices, in cases equally important, proves they did not proceed from any such agent.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
But all these fiscal operations should be, for our present purposes, separated from monetary operations.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The issue of government paper money is, indeed, a new departure; but its purpose has been more distinctly monetary than fiscal.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The board will appoint a settling agent who shall keep the necessary records and accounts.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Your Majesty assigns him no salary, for it seems to be your intention to have him attend to that duty with his salary as fiscal.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various