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Definition of Purchasing agent
1. Noun. An agent who purchases goods or services for another.
Definition of Purchasing agent
1. Noun. A person or group whose job is to buy equipment, supplies, inventory, or other assets for a business or other organization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purchasing Agent
Literary usage of Purchasing agent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Business by Charles William Gerstenberg (1918)
"CHAPTER XVII PURCHASING The purchasing agent's place in the business organization.—The
importance of the purchasing agent and his opportunities for service ..."
2. Principles of Business by Charles William Gerstenberg (1922)
"CHAPTER XVII PURCHASING The purchasing agent's place in the business organization.—The
importance of the purchasing agent and his opportunities for service ..."
3. A Journal of the Great War by Charles Gates Dawes (1921)
"The conferences in which the General purchasing agent was engaged have been ...
A number of conferences were held by the General purchasing agent with Mr. ..."
4. A Journal of the Great War by Charles Gates Dawes (1921)
"It is hoped by the General purchasing agent that some progress may be effected.
CHARLES G. DAWES Colonel, Engineers, NA From: The General purchasing agent, ..."
5. The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Thomas Curtis Clarke (1889)
"... the Commissary Department of an Army—Financial Importance— Immense Expenditures—The
General Storehouse—Duties of the purchasing agent —The Best Material ..."