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purchasing agent

noun

  1. a person who buys materials, supplies, equipment, etc., for a company.
  2. an independent buyer acting as a hired agent.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of purchasing agent1

First recorded in 1920–25

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Example Sentences

I worked in maintenance four and a half days a week and Monday afternoons I was the purchasing agent for the hospital.

I then sell them to you—the purchasing agent of the Government—for a net sum of at least two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

The Section of Purchases corresponded to the purchasing agent of a large corporation.

The chief purchasing agent's countenance wore the expression of one who says "Where have I seen that face before?"

Finding none the chief purchasing agent affected to consider the merits of Croly's demand.

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