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a·gen·cy
 agency
- pronunciation:
- eI
j
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si
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
agencies |
| definition 1: |
an organization, franchise, or business that acts on behalf of others.
- synonyms:
- business, company, corporation, firm, institution, organization
- similar words:
- bureau, concern, house
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| definition 2: |
an agent's place of business.
- synonyms:
- home office, office
- similar words:
- house
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| definition 3: |
a government department that administers laws and regulations.
- synonyms:
- bureau, department
- similar words:
- institution, organization
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| definition 4: |
a means of exerting power; instrumentality.
Law is an agency of change.- synonyms:
- agent, instrumentality, means, ways and means
- similar words:
- enactment, execution, exercise, instrument
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| related words: |
commission, department, force, medium, office, tool |
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