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| ablative1 |
denoting a grammatical case in some inflected languages that indicates direction or place, time, manner, or agency. [1/3 definitions] |
| account executive |
in a company such as an advertising agency, a person responsible for managing one or more clients' accounts and often for securing new accounts. |
| agency |
a company or organization that does business in support of other companies or people. An agency helps people do things that are difficult or complicated to do just by themselves. [1/3 definitions] |
| agent |
a manager or employee at an agency. [1/5 definitions] |
| bar1 |
to exclude, especially by an agency or person in authority. [1/13 definitions] |
| big brother |
(sometimes cap.) a man who befriends and guides a disadvantaged boy, often under the auspices of a social agency. [1/3 definitions] |
| billing |
(often pl.) the total amount of business done, as by an advertising agency, in a specified period of time. [1/3 definitions] |
| boilerplate |
in journalism, written material created by a news agency or similar business that is typeset and ready to be used across various syndicated publications. [1/5 definitions] |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics |
a research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor that collects and compiles statistical information, providing such measures as Consumer Price Index, inflation rate, and unemployment rate. |
| call on |
to put out an official demand to (a person, agency, institution, or the like). [1/4 definitions] |
| caseload |
the number of cases assigned, as to a social worker or parole officer, or handled, as by a court or welfare agency, at one time or during a specified period. |
| causality |
a force, quality, or agency that acts as a cause. [1/3 definitions] |
| CIA |
abbreviation of "Central Intelligence Agency," a U.S. agency of the federal government that oversees intelligence operations outside of the country. |
| client |
one who is subject to the assistance of a government or private welfare agency, esp. by virtue of being poor. [1/3 definitions] |
| dealership |
a sales agency authorized to sell a particular product in a particular area. |
| director |
one person, or one of a committee of persons, who guides the affairs of a corporation, association, agency, or other organization. [1/3 definitions] |
| draft |
of a government agency, to select (a person or persons) for required military service. [1/10 definitions] |
| easement |
in law, a relaxation of or exception to real property laws, as to allow a person or agency a right of way through another's property, or to allow a person or agency to build a structure not normally permitted. [1/3 definitions] |
| EPA |
abbreviation of "Environmental Protection Agency." |
| estate agency |
(chiefly British) a business that manages the purchase, sale, or lease of houses and other property; real estate agency. |
| FBI |
the U.S. government agency responsible for investigating crimes against national laws. "FBI" is an abbreviation of "Federal Bureau of Investigation." |
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