house agent

noun

, British.

1. a real-estate agent.
2. a renting agent or a rent collector.

house agent

noun

1. See estate agent
   another name for estate agent

Word History and Origins

Origin of house agent¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

A house agent would have described it as a most desirable residence, standing in its own grounds, overlooking the sea.

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Early in the afternoon he was back in Chelsea, making fraudulent representations to the house-agent near the Vestry Hall.

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I took her hand, and gave it a firm grip, and we went into the house-agent's together.

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The said house agent had come down with one secret object in his heart.

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A house agent who is merely instructed to act in the usual way of his calling has no authority to bind his employer by a contract.

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