Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ten-percenter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: ten-per-center
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An entertainment agent.

Informal

Etymology

ten-percent + -er. So called because the agent takes a commission from the entertainer's fee.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: er

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

ten-percenters (plural)

Questions

What does ten-percenter mean?: An entertainment agent.
Where does ten-percenter come from?: ten-percent + -er. So called because the agent takes a commission from the entertainer's fee.

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