Agency ˈeɪdʒənsi International Aid Caring Central Intelligence Noun

• an advertising/employment agency
• you can book at your local travel agency.
• international aid agencies caring for refugees
• the central intelligence agency (cia)

agency

1. a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially on behalf of other businesses or organizations
• see also credit agency
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• an advertising/employment agency
• You can book at your local travel agency.
• international aid agencies caring for refugees
2. a government department that provides a particular service
• the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
3. as a result of the action of somebody/something
• He obtained his position through the agency of an old friend.

Extra Examples

• Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency.
• He found a job through an agency.
• He managed to find a job through an agency.
• I’ve signed up with a temping agency.
• She was hired from a temp agency.
• He works for an advertising agency.
• International aid agencies are caring for many of the refugees.
• the Central Intelligence Agency

Word Origin

• mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’, from agere.