collection agent

Example Sentences

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Suraj, who worked as a collection agent for a local bank, met the snake catcher Suresh in February last year, and bought the Russell's viper from him for 10,000 rupees.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2021

Because Roulhac had become the collection agent for renting Cameron’s 1,600 acres, he was able to choose buyers who he knew had the will and skill to complete a purchase.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2017

In other finance news, the International Monetary Fund sends a collection agent to Athens, only to discover that the Greek government has moved out of Greece without leaving a forwarding address.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2015

Maybe that's why we ultimately find a character we're presumably supposed to hate, the collection agent doggedly pursuing her, so sympathetic.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a rambler out of South Carolina and found his way to slave catching after a hardscrabble sequence: dockhand, collection agent, gravedigger.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead