Crossword-Solution: SUBAGENT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Subagent | n. | A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. |
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| Certain real estate representative | 1 answer |
| Sales underling | 1 answer |
| Representative of a sort | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SUBAGENT (5)
The bank would send the cheque to another in New York, which would be its subagent, and that bank in turn would send it to a third bank in Newark, which would be a subagent of the New York bank.
There is an important question relating to the liability of one of these agents or subagents in the event of the negligent performance of the duty; which is responsible? Generally, it is said, if the general agent appoints a subagent he is nevertheless responsible for his act.
Suppose a street contractor employs a subagent to repair a street and he digs a hole and improperly guards it and some one falls into the place and is injured, can the person thus injured look to the contractor or to the subcontractor for compensation for his injury? The contractor is liable in such cases.
Should the second or subagent be neglectful, the depositor of the cheque could compel that agent, and not the first, to make its loss good.
One rule to guide an agent is this: when the act to be done is purely mechanical or ministerial, requiring no direction or personal skill, an agent may appoint a subagent.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Universal, WSJ.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1998–2025).