tenpercentery
English
Etymology
ten + percent + -ery, from the traditional 10% commission which agents collect from whatever amount their clients earn.[1]
Noun
tenpercentery (plural tenpercenteries)
- A talent agency.
- 2000, Dan Cox & Claude Brodesser, "Seismic steps for H'w'd reps", Variety, 13 June 2000:
- Twenty-five years ago, a clutch of agents left the William Morris Agency to form CAA, forever changing the way tenpercenteries conduct business.
- 2000, Dan Cox & Claude Brodesser, "Seismic steps for H'w'd reps", Variety, 13 June 2000:
Quotations
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:tenpercentery.
References
- David Kukoff, Vault Guide to Television Writing Careers, Vault Inc. (2006), →ISBN, page 83