free agency

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Noun

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free agency (countable and uncountable, plural free agencies)

  1. (sports) A system through which professional athletes are free to play for or sign a contract to play for any team.
    • 2013 Alex Malcolm, Andrejs Everitt gets to Carlton in last minute deal Football365, 25 October 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
      "It has been a profitable trade period for the Blues. They also secured Dale Thomas as a restricted free agent and Sam Docherty from the Brisbane Lions, having lost Shaun Hampson in a trade with Richmond and Eddie Betts under free agency."
  2. (sports) The movement of an athlete to a team through free agency.
  3. (sports) The status of an athlete as a free agent.
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