agent Idiom, Proverb

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Agent Orange|Agent|Orange

n. A herbicide used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, considered by some to cause birth defects and cancer, hence, by extension, an instance of "technological progress pollution". If things continue as they have, we'll all be eating some Agent Orange with our meals.

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free agent|agent|free

n. A professional player who does not have a contract with a team. The Giants signed two free agents who had been released by the Cardinals.

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free agent

free agent
1) A person not under compulsion or constraint, not responsible to any authority for his or her actions. For example, After he quit his job, he decided to pursue the same line of work as a free agent. Originally used to describe a person subject to the philosophic concept of free will (as opposed to determinism), this expression was first recorded in 1662. Later it was extended to mean “someone not under obligation to an authority.”
2) A professional athlete who is free to sign a contract with any team. For example, After he was released from the Yankees, he was a free agent and could shop around for the team that offered the most money. [Second half of 1900s]