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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryagen·cy \ˈā-jən(t)-sē\ noun (plural -cies) DATE 16401. a. the office or function of an agent b. the relationship between a principal and that person's agent2. the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power :operation3. a person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved : instrumentality communicated through the agency of the ambassador4. an establishment engaged in doing business for another an advertising agency5. an administrative division (as of a government) the agency for consumer protectionEnglish Etymologyagency 1650s, "acting of an agent," from M.L. agentia, noun of state from L. agentem (nom. agens, gen. agentis), prp. of agere (see act). Meaning "establishment where business is done for another" first recorded 1861.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ agencyagency / 5eidVEnsi / noun(pl. -ies)1. a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially on behalf of other businesses or organizations 服务机构；(尤指)代理机构,经销机构: an advertising / employment agency 广告社；职业介绍所 You can book at your local travel agency. 你可以在当地的旅行社订票。 international aid agencies caring for refugees 国际援助难民事务所 ⇨ see also dating agency , news agency , press agency 2. (especially NAmE) a government department that provides a particular service (政府的)专门机构: the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (美国)中央情报局 IDIOMS ▪ through the agency of (formal) as a result of the action of sb / sth 由于…的作用Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishagency noun ADJ. official | federal, government, public, state | UN | external, independent, outside | commercial, private | voluntary | international, local | multilateral | adoption, advertising, aid, dating, employment, estate, intelligence, marketing, news, press, recruitment, relief, research, travel, etc. | appropriate Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency. PREP. through an/the ~ He managed to find a job through an agency. 　• Note at ORGANIZATION(for verbs) OLTagency noun⇨ serviceWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedagen·cy\ˈājənsē, -si\ noun(-es)Etymology: agent (II) + -cy1. : the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power :action or activity : operation < I have no intention to dispute her free agency — Tobias Smollett >2. : a person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved : instrumentality, means < through the agency of Benjamin Rush he renewed relations with Jefferson — W.C.Ford > < example is still … the greatest agency by which men help each other — G.F.Kennan >3. a. : the office or function of an agent b. : the relationship between a principal and his agent4. a. : an establishment engaged in doing business for another < an advertising agency > < an employment agency > b. : the place of business or the district of such an agency5. a. : a department or other administrative unit of a government < the War Department, the only agency equipped to administer occupied areas — E.J.Hayward > < the independent agencies are generally regulatory in nature — H.M.Somers > b. : the office or headquarters of a government agent (as of an Indian agent) < the house had once been used as an Indian agency > c. : the district administered by a government agent (as by a former British agent in India)

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