agent

noun

1 works in an agency

ADJECTIVE

▪ booking, ticket, travel

▪ election (BrE), parliamentary (BrE)

▪ advertising, press, publicity

▪ land (BrE), leasing (AmE), letting (BrE), managing (esp. BrE), rental (AmE)

▪ estate (BrE), real estate (AmE)

▪

They were advised by the real estate agent that their house would not be saleable.

▪ border-patrol, law enforcement

▪ insurance

▪ literary, sports, talent

▪ local

▪

The company has developed sales through local agents in key markets.

VERB + AGENT

▪ employ, have, use

▪

I have an agent who deals with all my contracts.

▪ appoint, get (sb), hire (esp. AmE)

▪

If you want to get published, get yourself an agent!

▪ act as

▪ fire, sack (BrE)

PREPOSITION

▪ through an agent

▪

She got the work through an agent.

▪ agent for

▪

an agent for a shipping company

2 spy

ADJECTIVE

▪ intelligence

▪ enemy, foreign

▪ federal, government

▪ covert, secret, special, undercover

▪ double

▪

As a double agent, he worked for the Americans and the Russians.

3 person/thing that has an effect

ADJECTIVE

▪ chief, main, primary, prime, principal

▪ effective

▪ human

▪ moral, rational

▪ free

▪

I told him I couldn't stop him and that he was a free agent.

PREPOSITION

▪ agent for

▪

The charity is an agent for social change.

PHRASES

▪ an agent for change, an agent of change