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Definition of Agency
a·gen·cy (ā'jən-sē)
n., pl. -cies.
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The condition of being in action; operation.
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The means or mode of acting; instrumentality.
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A business or service authorized to act for others: an employment agency.
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An administrative division of a government or international body.
Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agēns, agent-, present participle of agere, to do
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