An agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name.
A merchant earning a commission by selling goods belonging to others.
A person entrusted with a confidential task, often secretly to place a bet.
The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
One who controls something.
Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)