agency

Definitions

General Science

• noun an organisation or company that acts as a representative for a person or business
• noun a government organisation with a specific role

Accounting

• noun an office or job of representing another company in an area
• noun an office or business which arranges things for other companies

Banking

• noun a security issued by a government agency, such as a Federal Home Loan Bank

Law

• noun an arrangement where one person or company acts on behalf of another person in contractual matters

Media Studies

• noun an organisation, especially a company, that performs a particular type of service for its clients
• noun the fact or condition of doing something, of being active

Medical

• noun an organisation which carries out work on behalf of another organisation, e.g. one which recruits and employs nurses and supplies them to hospitals temporarily when full-time nursing staff are unavailable
• noun the act of causing something to happen

Politics

• noun a government office or department which is to some extent independent
• noun an independent organisation that deals with social problems

Sports

• noun the act of carrying out an action in a purposeful and voluntary way

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Contexts for “agency”

13 definitions in context
• General Science
• Accounting
• Banking
• Law
• Media Studies
• Medical
• Politics
• Sports