Agent vs. Fiduciary
Difference Between Agent and Fiduciary
Agentnoun
One that acts or has the power or authority to act.
Fiduciaryadjective
Of or relating to a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another
a company's fiduciary responsibility to investors.Agentnoun
One empowered to act for or represent another
an author's agent.an insurance agent.Fiduciaryadjective
Of or being a trustee or trusteeship.
Agentnoun
A means by which something is done or caused; an instrument.
Fiduciaryadjective
Held in trust.
Agentnoun
A force or substance that causes a change
a chemical agent.an infectious agent.Fiduciaryadjective
Of or consisting of fiat money.
Agentnoun
A representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government
an FBI agent.Fiduciaryadjective
Of, relating to, or being a system of marking in the field of view of an optical instrument that is used as a reference point or measuring scale.
Agentnoun
A spy.
Fiduciarynoun
One, such as an agent of a principal or a company director, who has a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another.
Agentnoun
(Linguistics) The argument that expresses the means or cause of an action or event described by a phrase or clause. The noun John is the agent in the clause John threw the ball.
Fiduciaryadjective
(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
a fiduciary contracta fiduciary dutyAgentverb
To act as an agent or representative for
Who will agent your next book?.Fiduciaryadjective
Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
Agentverb
To act as an agent or representative.
Fiduciarynoun
(legal) One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
Agentnoun
One who exerts power, or has the power to act
Fiduciarynoun
(theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.
Agentnoun
One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another
Fiduciarynoun
a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary;
it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gainAgentnoun
A person who looks for work for another person
Fiduciaryadjective
relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another);
a fiduciary contractin a fiduciary capacityfiducial powerAgentnoun
Someone who works for an intelligence agency
Agentnoun
An active power or cause or substance; something which has the power to produce an effect
Agentnoun
(computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
Agentnoun
(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
Agentnoun
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect;
their research uncovered new disease agentsAgentnoun
a substance that exerts some force or effect
Agentnoun
a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
Agentnoun
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
Agentnoun
any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
Agentnoun
the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause
