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Etymology edit

percent +‎ -er; the sense of "agent" relates to a percentage of profits being charged as a fee.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

percenter (plural percenters)

  1. (in combination, preceded by a number) A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of the population.
  2. (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.

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