free agent

Free Agent — steht für: einen vertragslosen Spieler in US amerikanischen Profisportarten, siehe Free Agent (Allgemein) einen vertragslosen Spieler in der US amerikanischen Eishockeyliga National Hockey League, siehe Free Agent (NHL) Free Agent (Album), ein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

free agent — ➔ agent * * * free agent UK US noun [C] ► someone who can decide for themselves what they do, for example, a worker who can easily choose who to work for: »Now at the end of a one year contract, he is effectively a free agent from tomorrow …   Financial and business terms

free agent — (FREE ay.junt) n. A person who works for him or herself and is not a permanent employee of a corporation. Example Citations: Are you self employed? Your retirement options aren t limited to individual retirement accounts, Keoghs, or similar… …   New words

free agent — free agents 1) N COUNT If you say that someone is a free agent, you are emphasizing that they can do whatever they want to do, because they are not responsible to anyone or for anyone. We are not free agents; we abide by the decisions of our… …   English dictionary

free agent — ☆ free agent n. an athlete eligible to play a professional sport who is free to sign a contract with any team free agency n …   English World dictionary

Free Agent —   [dt. »(kosten)freier Agent«], eine Software, mit der im Usenet Beiträge offline verfasst bzw. gelesen werden können.   …   Universal-Lexikon

free agent — noun count * 1. ) someone who is free to do what they want because they are not responsible for anyone else 2. ) a player who is available to sign a contract with any team …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

free agent — n someone who is not responsible to anyone else and can do what they want …   Dictionary of contemporary English

Free agent — For other uses, see Free agent (disambiguation). In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise. The term came into wide use in after sports… …   Wikipedia

free agent — noun 1. (sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team • Topics: ↑sport, ↑athletics • Hypernyms: ↑professional, ↑pro 2. someone acting freely or even irresponsibly …   Useful english dictionary

free agent */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms free agent : singular free agent plural free agents 1) someone who is free to do what they want because they are not responsible for anyone else 2) mainly American a player who is available to sign a contract… …   English dictionary