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free agent
noun
a person who is self-determining and is not responsible for their actions to any authority.
a professional athlete who is not under contract and is free to auction off their services and sign a contract with the team that offers the most money.
free agent
noun
a person whose actions are not constrained by others
Other 51Թ Forms
- free agency noun
- free agentry noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of free agent1
Idioms and Phrases
A person not under compulsion or constraint, not responsible to any authority for his or her actions. For example, After he quit his job, he decided to pursue the same line of work as a free agent . Originally used to describe a person subject to the philosophic concept of free will (as opposed to determinism), this expression was first recorded in 1662. Later it was extended to mean “someone not under obligation to an authority.”
A professional athlete who is free to sign a contract with any team. For example, After he was released from the Yankees, he was a free agent and could shop around for the team that offered the most money . [Second half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
The team does not have a lot of room in the salary cap to sign big-name free agents, so shopping for undervalued impact players is best option.
Others point to the mild temperatures and lucrative tax breaks in many US states as a draw for free agents.
On Tuesday, the six draft picks and other first-year players that signed as undrafted free agents will join Habitat for Humanity to rebuild homes in Lahaina that were damaged in 2023 wildfires.
Because Leonard was a free agent coming off an NBA title with Toronto in which he was Finals MVP, and he was weighing offers from the Lakers and Raptors as well as the Clippers.
And, if the Dodgers spend $1 billion on free agents, win, spend another half-billion on free agents, and return to the World Series, are the Dodgers ruining baseball?
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