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Agency

ˈeɪdʒ(ə)n(t)si

Agency definitions
noun
agencies agency
  1. a business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group

    "an advertising agency"

    • a department or body providing a specific service for a government or other organization

      "the Environmental Protection Agency"

    • the office or function of an agent

      "a contract of agency"

  2. action or intervention producing a particular effect

    "canals carved by the agency of running water"

    • a thing or person that acts to produce a particular result

      "the movies could be an agency moulding the values of the public"

  3. the ability to make decisions and act independently

    "they fight for agency and autonomy in an oppressively patriarchal society"