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What does agency mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word agency? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power; action or activity; operation.
  2. A person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved: instrumentality, means.
  3. The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
  4. An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
  5. A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
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The smart young women at the agency made it clear that they considered me well over the hill.
For further clarification on abutters lists for particular projects, kindly contact the petitioned board or agency.
The quake was followed by at least four aftershocks and additional quakes of up to magnitude 6 could follow, the agency said.
Discloses for the first time that six current members of the United first team squad are now on the books of the modelling agency.
This includes several dozen refugees from the former Yugoslavia who are on the books of an employment agency.
Regan's daughter, Courtney, is an account executive for an advertising agency in San Diego.

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