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   agency

   /ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nsi/

   noun

   • 1. a business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group: "an advertising agency" Similar businessorganizationcompanyfirmofficebureauconcernservicebranchrepresentative
   • ▪ a department or body providing a specific service for a government or other organization: "the Environmental Protection Agency"
   • 2. action or intervention producing a particular effect: "canals carved by the agency of running water" Similar actionactivityeffectinfluenceforcepowerworkmeansvehiclemediuminstrumentmechanismroutechannelmodetechniqueexpedientinterventionintercessioninvolvementmediationarbitrationinterposinginstrumentalitygood officesauspicesaegis
   • ▪ a thing or person that acts to produce a particular result: "the movies could be an agency moulding the values of the public"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the senses ‘position or function of an agent’ and ‘ability to act, activity’): from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’ (see agent).

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