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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
agency \a"gen*cy\ ([=a]"jen*s[y^]), noun; pl. {Agencies} ([=a]"jen*s[i^]z). [agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See {Agent}.]
1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.
2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.
3. The place of business of am agent.
Syn: Action; operation; efficiency; management.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
agency
noun
1: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn: {federal agency}, {government agency}, {bureau}, {office}, {authority}]
2: a business that serves other businesses
3: the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency"
4: the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent [syn: {representation}, {delegacy}]
5: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: {means}, {way}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
166 Moby Thesaurus words for "agency": action, activity, agent, agentship, antecedent, assignment, atelier, authority, authorization, barbershop, barter, bartering, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, brevet, brokerage, butcher shop, buying and selling, care, cause, change, channel, charge, commission, commissioning, commitment, commutation, company, concern, conduct, consignment, corporation, cure, dealing, delegated authority, delegation, deputation, deputyship, desk, determinant, device, devolution, devolvement, direction, displacement, doing business, driving, embassy, empowerment, energy, entrusting, entrustment, errand, establishment, exchange, execution, executorship, exequatur, exercise, expedient, facility, factorship, firm, force, full power, functioning, gear, give-and-take, going between, handling, horse trading, house, installation, institution, instrumentality, instrumentation, intercession, interchange, intermediation, intervention, jobbing, jurisdiction, legation, license, lieutenancy, loft, machinery, management, mandate, manipulation, means, mechanism, mediation, medium, merchandising, ministry, mission, occupation, office, operancy, operation, organ, organization, parlor, performance, performing, plenipotentiary power, power, power of attorney, power to act, practice, procuration, proxy, purview, quid pro quo, recourse, regency, regentship, replacement, representation, resort, responsibility, retailing, running, service, shop, steering, studio, subrogation, substitution, supersedence, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanting, supplantment, swapping, sweatshop, switch, task, tit for tat, trade, trading, trafficking, trust, trusteeship, vehicle, vicarious authority, vicariousness, warrant, wheeling and dealing, wholesaling, work, work site, work space, workbench, workhouse, working, working space, workings, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Agency, IA (city, FIPS 640) Location: 40.99685 N, 92.30732 W Population (1990): 616 (276 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52530 Agency, MO (town, FIPS 298) Location: 39.65569 N, 94.74854 W Population (1990): 642 (216 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64401
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Agency, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana Population (2000): 324 Housing Units (2000): 90 Land area (2000): 8.577370 sq. miles (22.215286 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.007082 sq. miles (0.018342 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.584452 sq. miles (22.233628 sq. km) FIPS code: 00587 Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30 Location: 48.257148 N, 109.772875 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Agency, MT Agency
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Agency, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 622 Housing Units (2000): 286 Land area (2000): 0.578829 sq. miles (1.499159 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.578829 sq. miles (1.499159 sq. km) FIPS code: 00640 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 40.995432 N, 92.307532 W ZIP Codes (1990): 52530 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Agency, IA Agency
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Agency, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri Population (2000): 599 Housing Units (2000): 222 Land area (2000): 1.936828 sq. miles (5.016361 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.936828 sq. miles (5.016361 sq. km) FIPS code: 00298 Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29 Location: 39.648739 N, 94.744418 W ZIP Codes (1990): 64401 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Agency, MO Agency
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