ten percenter

noun Informal.

an agent, especially an actor's agent, whose fee is 10 percent of a client's salary.

Also, ten-per·cent·er.

Origin:
1900–05; ten percent + -er¹

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ten percenter definition

n.
an agent who collects 10 percent. : I've been supporting that ten percenter for years, and he was robbing me blind.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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