purchasing agent

noun

1. a person who buys materials, supplies, equipment, etc., for a company.
2. an independent buyer acting as a hired agent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of purchasing agent¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

I worked in maintenance four and a half days a week and Monday afternoons I was the purchasing agent for the hospital.

From Project Gutenberg

I then sell them to you—the purchasing agent of the Government—for a net sum of at least two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

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The Section of Purchases corresponded to the purchasing agent of a large corporation.

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The chief purchasing agent's countenance wore the expression of one who says "Where have I seen that face before?"

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Finding none the chief purchasing agent affected to consider the merits of Croly's demand.

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