agency

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agens (present participle of agere (“to act”)), agentis (cognate with French agence, see also agent).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeɪ.ʤən.si/

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Noun

agency (plural agencies)

1. 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.

2. agent
3. The office of an agent, or factor.
4. The relation between a principal and his agent.
5. Business of one entrusted with the concerns of another.
6. The place of business of an agent.
7. A bond issued by a US government-backed entity, such as Fannie Mae.

Synonyms

• action
• operation
• efficiency
• instrumentality
• management

Derived terms

• dating agency
• escort agency
• introduction agency
• news agency
• press agency
• relief agency
• syndication agency
• travel agency

Related terms

• act
• action
• agent

Translations

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

Bulgarian: действие (bg), въздействие (bg) Catalan: agència (ca) f.

Serbian: посредство (sr) (posredstvo) n.

the office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent

Bulgarian: посредничество (bg), агентство (bg) Catalan: agència (ca) f.

Turkish: acentelik (tr)

agency - the place of business of an agent

Arabic: وكالة (ar) (wakaala) f. Bulgarian: агенция (bg) Catalan: agència (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 機構 (cmn), 机构 (cmn) (jīgòu) Czech: kancelář (cs) f., agentura (cs) f. Esperanto: agentejo (eo) Finnish: agentuuri (fi) French: agence (fr) f., action (fr) f., organisme (fr) m. German: Agentur (de) f. Hebrew: סוכנות (sokhnut) f.

Japanese: 代理店 (ja) (だいりてん, dairiten) Korean: 대리점 (ko) (daerijeom) Polish: agencja (pl) f. Portuguese: agência (pt) f. Romanian: agentie (ro) Russian: агентство (ru) (agéntstvo) n. Serbian: агенција (sr) (agencija) f. Spanish: oficina (es) f., agencia (es) f. Tagalog: ahensya (tl) Vietnamese: cơ quan (vi)

External links

• agency in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913