forwarding agent
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of forwarding agent
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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"I used to work as a clearing and forwarding agent at the airport in the 1980s, that's where I learnt about avocado exports."
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2018
Every trans-shipper and middleman adds his commission, every valuer or forwarding agent gets his fee.
From Time Magazine Archive
From an Austrian forwarding agent, Wiesenthal learned that Stangl's furniture had been shipped to Damascus, Syria.
From Time Magazine Archive
The forwarding agent told him that to secure payment, he must submit six copies of his bill to a bank.
From Time Magazine Archive
The commander of the post was more a forwarding agent than a military officer.
From Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation by Knox, Thomas Wallace
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