Agent

(Latin agens, genitive agentis - acting) - an individual or legal entity, citizen or organization acting as a trustee, intermediary, authorized for a certain fee to perform a certain range of actions on behalf of another person (principal), on behalf and in the interests this person without the right to sign documents on transactions. In economic transactions, brokers, brokers, dealers, and commission agents act as A. The amount of remuneration A. is determined by agreement between the agent and the principal.