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fixer
[ fik-ser ]
noun
- a person or thing that fixes, sets, adjusts, or repairs.
- Informal.
- a person who arranges matters in advance, or acts as a liaison:
The film crew hired a fixer for the foreign location shoot.
- a person who neutralizes problems for another, as for an individual or organization whose reputation is threatened by past misdeeds or conflicts, often through bribery or influence:
The agent also worked as a fixer for several movie stars, keeping sex scandals and drug arrests out of the tabloids.
- Informal. fixer-upper ( def 2 ).
- Photography. fixative ( def 3 ).
- Slang. a person who sells narcotics to addicts.
fixer
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a person or thing that fixes
- photog a solution containing one or more chemical compounds that is used, in fixing, to dissolve unexposed silver halides. It sometimes has an additive to stop the action of developer
- slang.a person who makes arrangements, esp by underhand or illegal means
Example Sentences
Jessica Roberts: The fixer hired by Taissa in the present to investigate her fellow plane crash survivors by posing as a journalist.
President-elect Donald Trump casts himself as a strongman fixer of major problems, but has begun to walk back certain campaign promises.
Big stars: Watts wrote and directed “Wolfs” with George Clooney and Brad Pitt cast as rival “fixers” swapping wisecracks while trying to clean up a bloody accident.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer said the onslaught of lawsuits filed against the press is just beginning.
The cash shortage has given rise not only to money fixers like Al-Ashqar, but also money brokers.
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