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house agent

American  

noun

British.
  1. a real-estate agent.

  2. a renting agent or a rent collector.


house agent British  

noun

  1. another name for estate agent

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of house agent

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

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Ms Stephens is also a house agent and fashion designer, and when she is not teaching, she is scouring the city for empty apartments to rent to clients.

From BBC

Wilson visited Taipei and contacted a house agent in Taipei on Sept. 6 through a rental website, the report said.

From Fox News

I would suggest, however, that you not build a wall between you and the open house agent.

From Washington Post

The villas on Heronsbourne Place, we are told, are not just highly desirable: “The local house agent described them as ‘delightfully old-world’ or ‘completely modernized,’ according to the requirement of the applicant.”

From Washington Post

Walker & Son, it would seem, were auctioneers, land valuers, and probate estimators as well as house agents.

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