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–noun, plural -cies.

1.	an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.

2.	a company having a franchise to represent another.

3.	a governmental bureau, or an office that represents it.

4.	the place of business of an agent.

5.	Indian agency.

6.	an administrative division of a government.

7.	the duty or function of an agent.

8.	the relationship between a principal and his or her agent.

9.	the state of being in action or of exerting power; operation: the agency of Providence.

10.	a means of exerting power or influence; instrumentality: nominated by the agency of friends.

[Origin: 1650–60; < ML agentia, equiv. to L ag- (root of agere to do, act, manage) + -entia -ency

]

—Synonyms 10. intercession, good offices.

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a·gen·cy Audio Help (ā'jən-sē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. a·gen·cies

The condition of being in action; operation.
The means or mode of acting; instrumentality.
A business or service authorized to act for others: an employment agency.
An administrative division of a government or international body.

[Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agēns, agent-, present participle of agere, to do; see agent.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
agency

1658, "acting of an agent," from M.L. agentia, noun of state from L. agentem (nom. agens, gen. agentis), prp. of agere (see act). Meaning "establishment where business is done for another" first recorded 1861.

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agency
noun
1.	an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
2.	a business that serves other businesses
3.	the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency"
4.	the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent [syn: representation]
5.	how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: means]

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ˈagency noun — plural ˈagencies

the office or business of an agent
Example: an advertising agency

Arabic:	وَكَالَه
Chinese (Simplified):	代理机构
Chinese (Traditional):	代理機構
Czech:	agentura
Danish:	agentur; bureau
Dutch:	bureau
Estonian:	agentuur, esindus
Finnish:	toimisto
French:	bureau
German:	die Agentur
Greek:	πρακτορείο
Hungarian:	ügynökség
Icelandic:	umboðsfyrirtæki, umboð
Indonesian:	biro
Italian:	agenzia

Japanese:	代理店
Latvian:	aģentūra; birojs
Lithuanian:	agentūra
Norwegian:	byrå, agentur
Polish:	agencja
Portuguese (Brazil):	agência
Portuguese (Portugal):	agência
Romanian:	agenţie
Russian:	агентство
Slovak:	agentúra
Slovenian:	urad
Spanish:	agencia
Swedish:	agentur, byrå, kontor
Turkish:	temsilci, acenta

See also: agent, by/through the agency of

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Agency Village, SD Zip code(s): 57262

Agency, IA (city, FIPS 640) Location: 40.99685 N, 92.30732 W
Population (1990): 616 (276 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52530

Agency, MO (town, FIPS 298) Location: 39.65569 N, 94.74854 W
Population (1990): 642 (216 housing units)
Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64401

Crow Agency, MT (CDP, FIPS 18250) Location: 45.60028 N, 107.46074 W
Population (1990): 1446 (361 housing units)
Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59022

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Agency

A"gen*cy\, n.; pl. Agencies. [agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent.]

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. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.

3. The place of business of am agent.

Syn: Action; operation; efficiency; management.

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