tenpercentery

English

Etymology

From ten +‎ percent +‎ -ery, from the traditional 10% commission which agents collect from whatever amount their clients earn.[1]

Noun

tenpercentery (plural tenpercenteries)

  1. 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

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References

  1. ^ David Kukoff, Vault Guide to Television Writing Careers, Vault Inc. (2006), →ISBN, page 83
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