noun
- a person or thing that fixes.
- Informal. a person who arranges matters in advance through bribery or influence.
- Informal. fixer-upper(def 2).
- Photography. fixative(def 3).
- Slang. a person who sells narcotics to addicts.
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
1849, of chemicals, etc.; 1885 as a person who “makes things right;” agent noun from fix (v.).