agent

A agent it is who has the virtue of acting, according to the definition provided by the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE). The term, which has its origin in the Latin word agens, can be used to name the person what act with the power of another.

In this sense, the agent can be a representative which is presented on behalf of its client. The people who manage the careers of athletes and artists and are in charge of negotiating their contracts are known as agents. For example: "The club has met with the agent of the Brazilian forward to define the amount of the operation", "The singer's agent announced the suspension of tonight's concert due to the artist's health problems", "The actor assured that he will never work with an agent since he prefers to define the issues of his career on his own account".

In the economy and the finance, the agent is the one who has an office (agency) to provide certain services or to manage outside affairs. It is common for the agent, also known as runner or brokerBe the intermediary between a seller and a buyer, charging a commission on each operation. It is possible to speak of a stockbroker, insurance agent, etc.

However, the existence of what is known as a commercial agent should not be overlooked either. It is a person who works for a company in question and who is dedicated to achieving the sale of certain products of that company by going directly to the businesses and establishments that may be interested in the aforementioned. By managing to close sales in this sense, what he will do is charge through commissions.

For certain security forces (such as the policeman), an agent is a individual without graduation: "The thief was about to escape from the business when he was caught by an agent who was passing by the block", "An agent observed me crossing a red traffic light and fined me".

Likewise, in relation to the forces of force and security of a state, we should also highlight that there are many other types of agents. In this way, we meet, for example, with the special agent, who is the one who is in charge of investigating in a very specific area of ​​the country to which he belongs.

But there is also the secret agent who is the one who performs the investigative functions covertly. That is to say, we could say that he is a spy who will basically be in charge of discovering plots and all kinds of secrets that could seriously endanger the integrity of any nation from very different points of view.

The field of cinema, television or literature have developed important stories around characters of this type, special agents and secrets. Among them we could highlight James Bond, better known as 007; to Bourne, to super agent 86, to Charlie's Angels, or to the famous agents of the X-Files series: Mulder and Scully, who were dedicated to investigating cases related to beings from other planets.

In the grammar, agent is the word or expression that designates the subject who performs the action of the verb.