agency
pronunciation
How to pronounce agency in British English:
UK [ˈeɪdʒənsi]
How to pronounce agency in American English:
US [ˈeɪdʒənsi]
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- Noun:
- an administrative unit of government
- a business that serves other businesses
- the state of being in action or exerting power
- the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
Word Origin
- agency (n.)
- 1650s, "active operation," from Medieval Latin agentia, noun of state from Latin agentem (nominative agens) "effective, powerful," present participle of agere (see act (n.)). Meaning "establishment where business is done for another" first recorded 1861.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Saudi arabia has set up an anti-corruption agency .
- 2. It seems state news agency xinhua missed the memo .
- 3. However , the agency may yet reject the drug .
- 4. Neither agency tracks sales in the luxury market .
- 5. The defense advanced research projects agency certainly thinks so .