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a·gen·cy

agency

 
 
pronunciation:
eI jn si
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part of speech: noun
inflections: agencies
definition 1: an organization, franchise, or business that acts on behalf of others.
There is a large job agency that supplies workers for several companies in the area.The real estate agency helped her find a house.
synonyms:
business, company, corporation, firm, institution, organization
similar words:
bureau, concern, house
definition 2: an agent's place of business.
There's an insurance agency next to the bank.
synonyms:
home office, office
similar words:
house
definition 3: a government department that manages special projects, provides specific services to the goverment, or that administers laws and regulations.
The Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970.NASA is the nation's space agency.
synonyms:
bureau, department
similar words:
institution, organization
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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