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Agent may refer to:
Espionage, investigation, and law
Espionage § Agents in espionage , spies or intelligence officers
Law of agency , laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another
Agent of record , a person with a contractual agreement with an insurance policy owner
Election agent , a person responsible for the conduct of a political campaign
Free agent , a sports player who is eligible to sign with any club or franchise
Literary agent , an agent who represents writers and their written works
Modeling agency , a person or a corporation which represents fashion models
Press agent , a professional publicist
Foreign agent , a person who carries out the interests of a foreign country
Political agent (disambiguation)
Patent attorney , an attorney who represents clients in patent matters
Real estate agent , an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate
Registered agent , in the US, receives service of process for a party in a legal action
Shipping agent , a person responsible for handling shipments and cargo
Sports agent , a legal representative for professional sports figures such as athletes and coaches
Talent agent or booking agent, a person who finds jobs for entertainment professionals
Trade mark agent , a person who represents clients in trade mark matters
Travel agent , a retailer that provides travel and tourism related services
Special agent , an American criminal investigator or detective for example
Other uses in arts and entertainment
Agent architecture , a blueprint for software agents and control systems
Agent-based model , a computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of individuals
Intelligent agent , an autonomous, goal-directed entity which observes and acts upon an environment
Software agent , a piece of software that acts for a user or other program
User agent , software that is acting on behalf of a user
Agency (philosophy) , the capacity of an actor to act in a given environment
Agency (psychology) , an attribute of humans and non-human animals
Agent (economics) , an actor and decision maker in a model
Agent (grammar) , in linguistics, the thematic relation of a cause or initiator to an event
Agent noun , a word identifying an actor, derived from a word denoting an action
Cleaning agent , a substance used to remove bad smells, clutter, dirt, dust, or stains on surfaces
Topics referred to by the same term