agency
1. [ noun ] (government) an administrative unit of government
Synonyms: office bureau authority federal_agency government_agency
Examples:

"the Central Intelligence Agency" "the Census Bureau" "Office of Management and Budget" "Tennessee Valley Authority"

Related terms: administrative_unit Atomic_Energy_Commission Selective_Service organ child_welfare_agency National_Park_Service Federal_Housing_Administration fda Manhattan_Project Environmental_Protection_Agency u.s._army_criminal_investigation_laboratory executive_agency Internal_Revenue_Service United_Nations_agency Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation nrc Bureau_of_Alcohol_Tobacco_and_Firearms Comptroller_of_the_Currency Bureau_of_Customs Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing Center_for_Disease_Control occupational_safety_and_health_act ahpcrc national_climatic_data_center national_institute_of_standards_and_technology patent_office central_bank secret_service National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration Central_Intelligence_Agency financial_management_service faa gao foreign_service naval_surface_warfare_center icc national_labor_relations_board national_weather_service inland_revenue ordnance_survey sec local_authority cdc counterterrorist_center nonproliferation_center national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration bja technology_administration national_institutes_of_health national_technical_information_service darpa department_of_defense_laboratory_system department_of_energy_intelligence phs bjs immigration_and_naturalization_service regulatory_agency redevelopment_authority bureau_of_diplomatic_security united_states_border_patrol bureau_of_intelligence_and_research fws weather_bureau office_of_intelligence_support Social_Security_Administration transportation_safety_administration Bureau_of_the_Census u._s._coast_guard naval_air_warfare_center_weapons_division naval_special_warfare naval_research_laboratory naval_underwater_warfare_center office_of_naval_intelligence marine_corps_intelligence_activity afisr independent_agency advanced_research_and_development_activity defense_logistics_agency defense_reutilization_and_marketing_service defense_technical_information_center law_enforcement_agency government_printing_office national_guard_bureau ai ballistic_missile_defense_organization defense_information_systems_agency national_imagery_and_mapping_agency casualty_care_research_center afrl
2. [ noun ] (business) a business that serves other businesses
Related terms: business advertising_agency service_agency employment_agency detective_agency news_agency mercantile_agency travel_agency transfer_agent credit_bureau
3. [ noun ] the state of being in action or exerting power
Examples:

"the agency of providence" "she has free agency"

Related terms: action frankenstein
4. [ noun ] the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
Synonyms: delegacy representation
Related terms: state free_agency legal_representation virus represent
5. [ noun ] how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
Synonyms: way means
Examples:

"a means of control" "an example is the best agency of instruction" "the true way to success"

Related terms: implementation instrument voice road wings open_sesame salvation tooth escape desperate_measure expedient stepping_stone fast_track dint
Similar spelling:   Agnus
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