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agency

/ˈeɪdʒʌnsi/noun3 syllables

Agency means: an administrative unit of government.

Synonyms for agency9

noun, as in an administrative unit of government

federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority

noun, as in the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

representation, delegacy

noun, as in to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

means, way

What does agency mean?5

noun

1

an administrative unit of government“the Central Intelligence Agency”

2

the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

3

to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end“a means of control”

4

a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties

5

the state of being in action or exerting power“the agency of providence”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Agency in a sentence

  • A few shops, an agency and a bank can be found around it.Schierbeck
  • After graduating, she became a journalist at a press agency.sundown
  • Do you want to work for my agency?Amastan
  • The agency is the size of a city.Miktsoanit
  • The ad agency has a lot riding on this account.unknown
  • The car rental agency offered a veriety of vehicles to choose from.Conjuice
  • Ziri was the creator of an agency for solving such problems.Amastan
  • This kind of partisan skulduggery has no place in a government agency.earthsophagus

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of agency

as a noun

plural
agencies