Percenter

//pɚˈsɛn.tɚ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of a population. in-compounds
  2. 2
    An agent. including, slang

    "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."

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"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."

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.

Related phrases

one percenterten percenter

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