Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Agent"

A: It's referring to wind, water, animals, etc, the forces of nature that change the environment naturally
for example: rocks turn in sand because of natural agents like water and wind

A: An insurance premium is the amount a person has to pay every month to keep the insurance.

A: "pounding the pavement" is an idiomatic expression that means working very hard in a determined way to achieve a goal ... so the sentence is saying that a new agent won't find many welcome mats (won't have much success) despite working very hard.

A: I think they are defining the meaning of the term “diplomatic agent”.
In this situation it seems like the diplomatic agent of the delivery company is the person/vehicle from the delivery company that will deliver the product (consignment) to you. It seems like I said the same thing but for example if the delivery company is DHL, the DHL delivery driver/truck is diplomatic agent. I hope that wasn’t confusing for you...

A: Here it means "the lotion"...Because Agent sometimes means "a chemical or substance that is used for a particular purpose or that has a particular effect"

A: 1. Loki is an agent of chaos.
2. James Bond is a famous secret agent.
3. The landlord appointed her nephew to be the agent of her affairs while she was in the hospital.
4. For someone who is not diabetic, insulin can be an agent for heart attacks.

A: I understand! You could say, “hello, I recently made an appointment with a real estate agent. However, he only told me that he could not come, 15 minutes after our appointed time, claiming that his car broke down. This is highly unprofessional. If his car had truly broke down, then why did he not call me before the appointment? It sounds like he simply wanted a way to weasel out of coming as the timing does not match up. I had to cancel important things in order to set up this appointment. This has not only caused me to waste my time, but it has also made me stressed. I hope you will talk to your employee about this. Thank you.” There you go!:)

A: “gotten” is in past tense, meaning it already happened, in this case is true, but saying, “my agent just got me a job.” Sounds more natural than, “my agent has just gotten me a job.” Though, both are acceptable!

A: An agent is a person, an agency is a place where an agent would work. So, an agent works at an agency.

A: @monster_tree
Agent is a person
Agency is usually a company.

A: an "agent" is a singular person for example a "property agent" is the person who helps you find your home. Agency is used to describe the company the person works at, for example "the property agent, worked at a very successful property agency"

Another example would be, "james bond is a very good secret agent, he works at the spy agency" again the agent refers to the singular person and the agency refers to where that agent works.

There are other ways of using the words "agent" and "agency" but these are the most basic uses.

A: @mion93 Yes, that's the general idea!

It's a little more complicated because while you can call many companies "agencies", you wouldn't call everyone who worked for these agencies an "agent". Examples might be helpful:

Agent: FBI agent, CIA agent, Secret Service agent
Agencies: FBI, CIA, the Secret Service

You wouldn't call a SpaceX engineer an agent, but SpaceX can be called an agency.

It's a little complicated even for a native speaker like myself, so don't worry if you don't fully understand the differences!

Summary: You can use agent to describe a lot of different organizations or companies. You can't use agent for every worker. In fact, I'd just use it for security agencies/organizations for now.

A:
« real estate agent » peut être

A: You can say "real estate agent" or "realtor".

A: That company is mostly an agent of ~.

A: Real estate agent

A: Do I need to pay if I pass the interview?

A: × Our agent suggested to raise the rent to $2500 which I felt too much for you.
✓ Our agent suggested to raise the rent to $2500 which I felt was too high for you.

A: 「母親が子供と離れ離れにならないために、虐待を受け続けることを回避する選択肢を残さないことで、不注意にもその代理人になってしまうのです。」

Because little boys are often not allowed in womens' shelters, mothers who are abused are not able to take their children with them, so they are forced to decide whether to escape the abuse, but leave their children behind, or to keep receiving abuse so that they can be with their children. This is saying that the people who make those rules have become so caught up in their own feelings of disliking men ("blind with misandry") that they don't realize that these policies actually hurt abused women, and so they are themselves also contributing to the problem (they "inadvertently become an agent" of the problems they are trying to solve).

A: How something should be. Meaning it should be a certain way. Meaning he should be doing it for personal reasons rather than the fans. It’s the right thing to do for him.

A: I don't know. You're correct it should be "came". If the sentence was written to represent a specific accent, that could explain it. Essentially colloquial speech.

A: @leopard7 yea about so!