agency
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(noun) a business that serves other businesses |
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Related Words: ad agency, advertising agency, business, business concern, business organization, commercial agency, concern, credit bureau, detective agency, employment agency, mercantile agency, news agency, press agency, service agency, service bureau, service firm, transfer agent, travel agency, wire service |
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(noun) an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" |
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Synonyms: authority, bureau, government agency, office |
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Related Words: AEC, Atomic Energy Commission, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Bureau of the Census, CIA, Census Bureau, Center for Disease Control, Central Intelligence Agency, Comptroller of the Currency, EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, FBI, FHA, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Housing Administration, IRS, Internal Revenue Service, Manhattan Project, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Park Service, Selective Service, Selective Service System, Social Security Administration, UN agency, United Nations agency, administrative unit, central bank, child welfare agency, child welfare service, executive agency, organ, patent office, redevelopment authority, regulatory agency, regulatory authority, secret service, weather bureau |
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(noun) the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency" |
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Related Words: action, activeness, activity |
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(noun) how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of communcation"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" |
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Synonyms: means, way |
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Related Words: desperate measure, dint, effectuation, escape, expedient, implementation, instrument, open sesame, road, salvation, stepping stone, tool, tooth, voice, wings |
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(noun) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent |
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Synonyms: delegacy, representation |
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Related Words: free agency, legal representation, state |
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