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purchasing agents

purchasing agents is the plural of purchasing agent.

Meaning of purchasing agent

Noun

purchasing agent (plural purchasing agents)

  1. A person or group whose job is to buy equipment, supplies, inventory, or other assets for a business or other organization.
    • 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.1861 December 4, “Report of the Secretary of the Navy”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Oct 2008
    Synonyms:
    buyer

Questions about purchasing agents

What is purchasing agents the plural of?
Purchasing agents is the plural of purchasing agent.

Words near purchasing agents in the dictionary

  1. purchases
  2. purchasest
  3. purchaseth
  4. purchasing
  5. purchasing agent
  6. purchasing agents
  7. purchasing power
  8. purchasing power parities
  9. purchasing power parity
  10. purchasings
  11. Purcocks

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