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| a·gen·cy [ áyjənssee ] (plural a·gen·cies) |
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1. business management company acting as agent: an organization, especially a company, that acts as the agent, representative, or subcontractor of a person or another company
  an employment agency
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2. government government organization: an administrative division of a government or international organization
a United Nations agency
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3. agency offices: the building or offices where an agency is located
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4. means: the action, medium, or means by which something is accomplished
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5. law legal relationship: a legal relationship involving a person the principal and another who acts for the person the agent, or the area of the law concerned with such relationships
The case hinges on a question of agency.
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| [Mid-17th century. < medieval Latin agentia< Latin agent- (see agent)] |
