agency

Noun

Meaning

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.

The place of business of am agent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bureau office authority representation department way company service action operation organization management firm institution delegation
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Antonyms

home lack audience break domestic ban
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Hypernyms

state action business activity concern activeness

Hyponyms

army navy air force IRS NIH NPC

Related terms

action act agent

Phrases with the word

UN agency collection agency moral agency Public Health Agency U.S. Environmental Protection Agency united states intelligence agency

Derivatives

agencies

Anagrams

Cagney

Examples

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed. William McKinley

I've never heard an agency say: "Unless you industrialize I will not support you." Yoweri Museveni

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. Raymond Chandler

It accords with the most liberal spirit of philosophy to suppose that not a stone can fall, or a plant rise, without the immediate agency of divine power. Thomas Malthus

He who says we shall hear what happened never responds to any alarm of agency. African Proverb

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

agenbite agence france press agence maritime agency agreement agency credit memo agency debit memo