percenter

English

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)

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

Related terms

• 13%
• 13 percenter
• 5 percenter
• one-percenter
• ten-percenter
• two percenter
• two-percenter

 

See also

• Talent agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Literary agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sports agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia