fixer








noun

  1. a person or thing that fixes.
  2. Informal. a person who arranges matters in advance through bribery or influence.
  3. Informal. fixer-upper(def 2).
  4. Photography. fixative(def 3).
  5. Slang. a person who sells narcotics to addicts.

noun

  1. a person or thing that fixes
  2. 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
  3. slang a person who makes arrangements, esp by underhand or illegal means
n.

1849, of chemicals, etc.; 1885 as a person who “makes things right;” agent noun from fix (v.).

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