BUSINESS AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does business agent mean? 

• BUSINESS AGENT (noun)
  The noun BUSINESS AGENT has 1 sense:

1. an agent who handles business affairs for another; especially one who deals with employers

  Familiarity information: BUSINESS AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUSINESS AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agent who handles business affairs for another; especially one who deals with employers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("business agent" is a kind of...):

agent (a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business agent"):

actor's agent; theatrical agent (a business agent for an actor)

 Context examples 

They made the clothes, but they shiver in rags and ask you, the lawyer, or business agent who handles your money, for a job.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

That’s your look-out. You haven’t any lawyer or business agent now, so you’ll have to depend on yourself.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I suppose, up to now, your lawyer has done it for you, or your business agent.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)