subagent

noun

Definition of subagentnext
as in agency

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  1. agency
  2. executor
  3. assignee
  4. subagency
  5. attorney
  6. agent
  7. proxy
  8. delegate
Noun
  • The condition of Bay Area roads varies widely by jurisdiction, according to a recent report by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the regional transportation agency for the nine counties.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Airport staff is working closely with a professional wildlife control company to monitor the area, identify potential entry points and implement necessary precautions to prevent future incidents, the agency said.
    Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of agency
Noun
  • Elvis’ will appointed his father, Vernon Presley, as the executor and trustee of his estate.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2024
  • And its existence as a finished, bound, actually readable object is thanks largely to years of efforts by Harlan’s friend, partner in crime and the executor of his estate, J. Michael Straczynski.
    Jason Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of executor
Noun
  • After all, Qualcomm recently surpassed IBM as the number-two patent assignee in the U.S..
    Anshel Sag, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year.
    al, al, 22 June 2023
Definition of assignee
Noun
  • The Executive Office for Immigration Review, the U.S. Department of Justice subagency that oversees immigration courts and established the dedicated docket, did not respond to a request for comment.
    Cindy CarcamoStaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
  • Employers would likely have to present their plans to OSHA, a subagency of the Labor Department, during a workplace inspection and could be fined for violations.
    Sarah Chaney Cambon, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
Definition of subagency
Noun
  • Lee’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment, and a call to a number listed for Lee was not returned.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The former city attorney proceeded to send an email to the entire council reminding them of the prohibition.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of attorney
Noun
  • Owens is alleged to have accepted $125,000 in cash from one of the agents on the yacht, according to the indictment.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The Diplomat’s shorter second season is still consumed by the mystery of who’s behind the attacks that kicked off season one (the naval explosion that killed dozens of British sailors) and provided its cliffhanger (a car bomb resulting in the deaths of an American agent and a British MP).
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of agent
Noun
  • The stock has been seen as a proxy for betting on the former president’s likelihood of winning the race for the White House.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Israel's attack signals the failure of Tehran's national-security doctrine, which was based on outsourcing the job of fighting Israel to local proxies such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
    The Week UK, theweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of proxy
Noun
  • The party quickly coalesced around her, with 99% of Democratic delegates voting to officially nominate her in a virtual roll call prior to the Democratic National Convention in August.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The industry forum welcomed more than 3,000 delegates and 800-plus media were accredited to the LFF and attended press & industry screenings of 159 films.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of delegate
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