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Shopping	The largest selection of AGENCY products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France.
TV Shop	As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products.

agency > 5 senses
NOUN	1	agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority	An administrative unit of government
	2	agency	A business that serves other businesses
	3	agency	The state of being in action or exerting power
	4	agency, representation, delegacy	The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
	5	agency, means, way	How a result is obtained or an end is achieved

agency > pronunciation
Sounds	ey'jhahnsiy
Rhymes	absorbency, Ac / AC, accountancy, and 247 more rhymes in siy...

agency > noun 1, group
Meaning	An administrative unit of government.
Examples	"the Central Intelligence Agency"
Synonyms	federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
Broader	administrative unit, administrative body
Narrower	executive agency; Food and Drug Administration, FDA; Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC; Counterterrorist Center, CTC; Nonproliferation Center, NPC; Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA; National Climatic Data Center, NCDC; National Weather Service; Technology Administration; National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST; National Technical Information Service, NTIS; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA; Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK; Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI; United States Public Health Service, PHS; National Institutes of Health, NIH; Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA; Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS; Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS; United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol; Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS; Foreign Service; Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR; United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS; National Park Service; Financial Management Service; Office of Intelligence Support, OIS; Comptroller of the Currency; Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB; Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Internal Revenue Service, IRS; Federal Aviation Agency, FAA; Transportation Security Administration, TSA; Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office; United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy; United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard; Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, NAWCWPNS; Naval Special Warfare, NSW; Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC; Naval Underwater Warfare Center, NUWC; Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI; Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA; United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF; Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Air Force ISR, AFISR; independent agency; Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA; Defense Logistics Agency; Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, DRMS; Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC; law enforcement agency; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA; organ; Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office; United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO; National Guard Bureau, NGB; United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA; Army Intelligence, AI; Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO; Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA; Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC; Federal Housing Administration, FHA; local authority
Instances	Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL; Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC; Naval Research Laboratory, NRL; United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, USACIL

agency > noun 2, group
Meaning	A business that serves other businesses.
Broader	business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
Narrower	advertising agency, ad agency; credit bureau; detective agency; employment agency, employment office; mercantile agency, commercial agency; news agency, press agency, wire service, press association, news organization, news organisation; service agency, service bureau, service firm; travel agency; transfer agent

agency > noun 3, state
Meaning	The state of being in action or exerting power.
Examples	"the agency of providence"; "she has free agency"
Broader	action, activity, activeness
Narrower	Frankenstein
Adjectives	agential
Nouns	agent

agency > noun 4, state
Meaning	The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.
Synonyms	representation, delegacy
Broader	state
Narrower	free agency; legal representation; virus
Nouns	agent

agency > noun 5, act
Meaning	How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
Examples	"an example is the best agency of instruction"
Synonyms	means, way
Broader	implementation, effectuation
Narrower	dint; escape; fast track; instrument, tool; road; stepping stone; expedient; desperate measure; open sesame; salvation; tooth; voice; wings
Adjectives	agential

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