The phrase "agents and consumer" is not entirely correct as it should be "agents and consumers" to maintain plural consistency.
You can use it when discussing roles in a market or economic context, referring to both agents (representatives or intermediaries) and consumers (buyers).
Example: "In the marketplace, the relationship between agents and consumers is crucial for understanding supply and demand dynamics."
Alternatives: "agents and clients" or "agents and buyers".
Mortgage brokers and bankers, appraisers and title insurers, real estate agents and consumer groups alike had been waiting for the revised rule.
They include small banks, real estate agents and consumer groups, who all say that Fannie and Freddie, or something similar, are crucial for sustaining the struggling housing market.
A joint letter to regulators from groups of banks, home builders, real estate agents and consumer groups warns that "a Q.R.M. definition that is too narrow would prohibit many first-time homebuyers from buying a home, especially if the definition includes an excessively high minimum down payment requirement".
We spoke to over 140 people – from estate agents and consumers to developers and councillors.
First, Ms. Reynolds said, is the billing-error provision (which the American Society of Travel Agents is recommending to agents and consumers in writing to their card companies).
Computer Displays The Department of Transportation has been nagging the airlines about whether their computer displays are quick enough to tell travel agents and consumers the whole truth about prices.
The figures show that it is agents and consumers that are bearing the brunt of this indecision and while we need a planned and managed response from the government we also need it quickly.
Earlier this week, as the Commerce Committee endorsed the package, about 700 insurance company employees, agents and consumers demonstrated on the steps of the State House steps for quick approval of the provisions.
The greatest concern may be for those who are exposed on a regular basis, including practitioners who regularly apply peeling agents and consumers using over-the-counter products a bit too enthusiastically.
If computers could understand and respond to such routine natural-language requests, the results would be win-win: airlines wouldn't need to hire so many agents, and consumers wouldn't have to struggle with the confusion of touch-tone interfaces that leave them furiously tapping the "0" button, vainly trying to reach a live operator.
"It will speed up and enhance the process for agents and consumers," she says.
