percenter
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Etymology
From percent + -er (measurement suffix) or -er (informal entertainment suffix); the sense of "agent" relates to a percentage of profits being charged as a fee.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛn.tə/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɛn.tɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /pəˈsen.tə/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
percenter (plural percenters)
- (in combination, preceded by a number) A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of a population.
- (slang, entertainment, including sports) An agent.
- 1944, Billboard, volume 56, number 9:
- If you are an agent, and you have been or are being approached by the American Guild of Variety Artists to help form a percenter organization in your city, you could do worse than use the Artists Representatives' Association for your model.
Related terms
See also
Talent agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Literary agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sports agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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