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| 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. |
agency
A security issued by a federal agency or federally sponsored corporation. See also federal agency security, federally sponsored corporate security.
A relationship between an agent and a principal in which the agent acts for and represents the principal on the basis of the principal's instructions.