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agency
[ ey-juhn-see ]
noun
- an organization, company, or bureau that provides a particular service:
We are a nonprofit agency for people experiencing food insecurity.
- a company having a franchise to represent another:
Perhaps we should be looking for a new advertising agency.
- a governmental bureau or administrative division, or an office that represents it:
My internship at the FDA led to job opportunities with other federal agencies.
- the place of business of an agent:
If you stop by the agency tomorrow, we can go over the details of the land sale.
- the duty or function of an agent.
- the relationship between a principal and an agent:
Investment firms must incentivize proper agency so that fund managers prioritize the investor’s interests over their own.
- the state of being in action or of exerting power; operation:
the agency of divine Providence.
- the capacity to act or exert power:
We may have our free agency, but we are responsible for our choices.
- a means of exerting power or influence; instrumentality:
nominated by the agency of friends.
Synonyms:
agency
/ ˈ±ðɪ»åÏôÉ™²Ô²õɪ /
noun
- a business or other organization providing a specific service
an employment agency
- the place where an agent conducts business
- the business, duties, or functions of an agent
- action, power, or operation
the agency of fate
- intercession or mediation
- one of the administrative organizations of a government
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³Ü²ú·²¹Â·²µ±ð²Ô·³¦²â noun plural subagencies
- ³Ü²Ô·»å±ð°ù·²¹Â·²µ±ð²Ô·³¦²â noun plural underagencies
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of agency1
Example Sentences
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has dismissed accusations that Washington was left unable to help in the Myanmar earthquake due to the Donald Trump administration's shuttering of its humanitarian aid agency.
Oscar Martinez promised to bring strong leadership to the largest sheriff’s department in country, along with a focus on modernizing the agency and supporting deputies.
They did so through form letters that said the grants “no longer effectuate ... agency priorities.â€
Adams Kellum, whose agency has been under fire for several months, committed to stay for a transition period 120 days or longer if needed.
Much of the agency’s staff were placed on administration leave this week, coming weeks after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at the further “reduction of the federal bureaucracy.â€
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