Sentence examples for agent meaning from inspiring English sources
Cruz is a restricted free agent, meaning the Giants have the right to match any offer made to him.
He is a restricted free agent, meaning the Sabres can match any offer made by another team or receive compensation.
Bordick was classified as a Type A free agent, meaning the Mets could have received two draft picks, including a first rounder, if another team signed him.
MacCulloch, a 7-foot center who played the past two seasons for Philadelphia, is a restricted free agent, meaning that Philadelphia can match the Nets' offer.
On its list of banned substances, the oversight agency has a "zero threshold" for the anabolic agent, meaning even a trace amount in a drug test can lead to a suspension or ban.
I am not allowing him to sign with an agent, meaning he will retain his middle school eligibility if he is not drafted next month, and could be back in class, taking band and Spanish.
Forwards Nigel Dawes and Fred Sjostrom are restricted free agents, meaning the Rangers can match any offers and would be compensated if they signed elsewhere.
Iguodala, Smith, Deng, Okafor, Calderón and the young center Andris Biedrins of Golden State are restricted free agents, meaning their teams can match any offer, without respect to the salary cap.
The Brewers, the Cardinals and the Phillies could lose one or more of their own well-paid free agents — meaning they could potentially sign Reyes without raising their payroll.
In response, the guild's national board suspended its own rule requiring that actors deal only with "franchised agents," meaning that actors can keep working with their agents while the union continues "a variety of options to ensure protection for performers".
Now, under the new bargaining agreement that altered the arbitration system, teams must decide shortly after the World Series whether to make a qualifying offer to their own free agents, meaning that they would be offered a one-year contract at the average salary of the top 125 players ($13.3 million this year).
