tenpercentery
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ten + percent + -ery, from the traditional 10% commission which agents collect from whatever amount their clients earn.[1]
Noun[edit]
tenpercentery (plural tenpercenteries)
- A talent agency.
- 2000 June 13, Dan Cox, Claude Brodesser, “Seismic steps for H'w'd reps”, in Variety:
- Twenty-five years ago, a clutch of agents left the William Morris Agency to form CAA, forever changing the way tenpercenteries conduct business.
Quotations[edit]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tenpercentery.