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ten percenter

American  
Or ten-percenter

noun

Informal.

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

Etymology

Origin of ten percenter

1900–05; ten percent + -er 1

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Many players either surrendered their money to the IRS or turned over a winning ticket at the track to a so-called “ten percenter” who would cash it for a fee.

From Washington Post

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