agency
noun
[ ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nsi ]
• a business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group.
• "an advertising agency"
Similar:
business,
organization,
company,
firm,
office,
bureau,
concern,
service,
branch,
representative,
• action or intervention producing a particular effect.
• "canals carved by the agency of running water"
Similar:
action,
activity,
effect,
influence,
force,
power,
work,
means,
vehicle,
medium,
instrument,
mechanism,
route,
channel,
mode,
technique,
expedient,
intervention,
intercession,
involvement,
mediation,
arbitration,
interposing,
instrumentality,
good offices,
auspices,
aegis,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’ (see agent).
