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Meaning of 'agency'
Meaning of 'agency' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Agency 
[ n.]
- The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of
being in action; action; instrumentality. [ n.]- 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.
Meaning of 'agency' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. agency [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
- thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
Example in sentence:
- a means of control;
- an example is the best agency of instruction;
- the true way to success
Meaning (2):
- the state of being in action or exerting power
- the state of being in action or exerting power
Example in sentence:
- she has free agency;
- the agency of providence
Meaning (3):
- an administrative unit of government
- an administrative unit of government
Example in sentence:
- Office of Management and Budget;
- Tennessee Valley Authority;
- the Census Bureau;
- the Central Intelligence Agency
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