agencies

Variant of agency

agency definition

agen·cy (ā′jən sē)

noun pl. agencies -·cies

  1. active force; action; power
  2. that by which something is done; means; instrumentality
  3. the business of any person, firm, etc. empowered to act for another
  4. the business office or district of such a person, firm, etc.
  5. an administrative division of government with specific functions
  6. an organization that offers a particular kind of assistance a social agency

Etymology: ML agentia < prp. of L agere, act

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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