A spy who is placed in a target country or organisation, not to undertake an immediate mission, but rather to act as a potential asset if activated.

American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of agentive nominalisation.

plural of road agent

plural of special agent

Any urticant used in chemical warfare.

(law) An agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name. / (law) A merchant earning a commission by selling goods belonging to others.

(law) A person who unknowingly, unintentionally, or under force or coercion commits a criminal act on behalf of another.

(law) A person (also called gestor) who acts on behalf of another (dominus), without the latter's prior consent. Such agency is called negotiorum gestio.

plural of purchasing agent

plural of contrast agent