ten percenter

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noun Informal.

an agent, especially an actor's agent, whose fee is 10 percent of a client's salary.

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Origin of ten percenter

1900–05; ten percent + -er¹

Words nearby ten percenter

tenosynovectomy, tenosynovitis, tenotomy, tenovaginitis, tenpenny, ten percenter, tenpin, tenpin bowling, tenpins, tenpounder, tenrec

How to use ten percenter in a sentence

Ten of the callers identified the man as Jason Polanco of the Bronx.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As played by Omundson, King Richard is effeminate, sincere, and ten times funnier than everyone else.
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“Wait…” Suddenly a huge, graceful black marlin leaps out of the water, sending a shower of water ten feet high.
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I first saw Marvin when I was ten years old, living with my parents in Arlington, Virginia.
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I did a ten minute scene in his class: the guy who had gangrene in his leg in The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Ten minutes later, veiled and cloaked, she stepped out alone into the garden.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Strathland would bundle me out in ten minutes if anything happened to Jack.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
There is cause for alarm when they bring one hundred and ten ships into these seas without any means of resistance on our part.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various