Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purchasing agent

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: pur-chas-ing a-gent
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person or group whose job is to buy equipment, supplies, inventory, or other assets for a business or other organization.

Example Sentences

"Subjoined is a statement from the purchasing agent at New-York, with a schedule giving the name, tonnage, price demanded, and cost actually paid of every vessel that has been bought by him."
"Since taking over as mayor last January, Lee has . . . forced the resignation of the city purchasing agent because he bought $10,000 worth of water pipe without asking for bids."
"The newspaper claims to have “confirmed” that Humayun Khan’s family import-export business, Pakland Corp., was a purchasing agent for Pakistan’s nuclear programme."

Inflected Forms

purchasing agents (plural)

Synonyms

buyer

Questions

What does purchasing agent mean?: A person or group whose job is to buy equipment, supplies, inventory, or other assets for a business or other organization.

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