purchasing agent

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purchasing agent

noun purchasing agents

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.
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@misc{purchasing_agent_2026,
  title = {purchasing agent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/purchasing%20agent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}