What does agency mean?
Definitions for agency
ˈeɪ dʒən siagen·cy
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word agency.
Princeton's WordNet
agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authoritynoun
an administrative unit of government
"the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
agencynoun
a business that serves other businesses
agencynoun
the state of being in action or exerting power
"the agency of providence"; "she has free agency"
representation, delegacy, agencynoun
the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
means, agency, waynoun
how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
"a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
GCIDE
agencynoun
An organization or business that provides some service, primarily for other organizations; as, an advertising agency.
agencynoun
An administrative division of a government; as, a state welfare agency; a motor vehicle agency; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Wiktionary
agencynoun
The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.
agencynoun
agent
agencynoun
The office of an agent, or factor.
agencynoun
The relation between a principal and his agent.
agencynoun
Business of one entrusted with the concerns of another.
agencynoun
The place of business of an agent.
agencynoun
A bond issued by a US government-backed entity, such as Fannie Mae.
Etymology: From agentia, from agens (present participle of agere), agentis (cognate with French agence, see also agent).
Webster Dictionary
Agencynoun
the faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality
Agencynoun
the office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another
Agencynoun
the place of business of am agent
Etymology: [agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
agency
In intelligence usage, an organization or individual engaged in collecting and/or processing information. Also called collection agency. See also agent; intelligence process; source.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
agency
Payment pro operâ et labore, fixed by the prize act at five per cent. as a fair average, but it gives nothing where the property is restored; in such cases it is usual for the agent to charge a gross sum.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
agency
A certain proportion of money which is ordered to be subtracted from the pay and allowances of the British army, for transacting the business of the several regiments comprising it.
Editors Contribution
agency
A form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government governmental organization created for a specific purpose with accurate and specific budgets, goals, legislation, objectives, plans, processes, procedures, rules, strategy, structures, systems, vision, treaties, eligibility criteria, employees, expenditure, funding, guidelines, income, IT systems, liquidity, management, policy, resources and technology. This organization employs a moderate amount of employees.
The unity government agency works efficiently and effectively as an intelligent organization.
Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020agency
An organization or business that provides goods or services.
The recruitment agency provided an excellent local and regional service.
Submitted by MaryC on December 27, 2019
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'agency' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1748
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'agency' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2444
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'agency' in Nouns Frequency: #473
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of agency in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of agency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of agency in a Sentence
I guess being a government agency means you never have to say you're sorry.
When you are dealing with a governmental agency, many critical points are matters of public concern, and is it not true that many teachers strongly disagree with the union position on teacher tenure, on merit pay, on merit promotion, on classroom size?
Is n’t sending a wrestler to Iran Labor News Agency with the slogan ‘ Death to America ’ a political act ?
BlackRock was selected on a short-term basis to serve as an investment manager after considering their expertise in trading and analyzing agency CMBS in the secondary market, and robust operational and technological capabilities.
Not only am I going to send the Department of Justice and the IRS, I will send (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration), the (Environmental Protection Agency) and every federal agency I can think of to go after Planned Parenthood.
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Translations for agency
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- وكالةArabic
- действие, агентство, посредничество, въздействие, агенцияBulgarian
- agènciaCatalan, Valencian
- kancelář, agenturaCzech
- bureauDanish
- Wille, Handlungsfähigkeit, Agency, AgenturGerman
- πρακτορείοGreek
- agentejoEsperanto
- agency, agencia, oficina, albedríoSpanish
- آژانسPersian
- agentuuri, toiminta, edustus, toimisto, velkakirja, virastoFinnish
- agence, action, organismeFrench
- gníomhaireachtIrish
- axenciaGalician
- סוכנותHebrew
- एजेंसीHindi
- agenIndonesian
- agenziaItalian
- סוכנותHebrew
- 代理店Japanese
- 대리점Korean
- byråNorwegian
- macht, kracht, bureauDutch
- byråNorwegian
- agencjaPolish
- agênciaPortuguese
- agenție, agenturăRomanian
- де́йствие, возде́йствие, аге́нтствоRussian
- посредство, posredstvo, агенција, agencijaSerbo-Croatian
- நிறுவனம்Tamil
- หน่วยงานThai
- ahensyaTagalog
- acentelikTurkish
- cơ quanVietnamese
- 机构Chinese
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