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The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference.
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Meaning of "agency" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AGENCY

From Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agere to do.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AGENCY

agency  [ˈeɪdʒənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AGENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Agency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AGENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Agency

Agency may refer to: ▪ Agency ▪ Agency, a 1980 film starring Lee Majors ▪ Agency, refers to a person who acts on behalf of another person ▪ Agency, relating to action theory ▪ Agency, the ability of social actors to make independent choices ▪ Agency ▪ Agency, Iowa, USA ▪ Agency, Missouri, USA ▪ Agency, Montana, USA...

Definition of agency in the English dictionary

The first definition of agency in the dictionary is a business or other organization providing a specific service. Other definition of agency is the place where an agent conducts business. Agency is also the business, duties, or functions of an agent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AGENCY


astringency
əˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
cogency
ˈkəʊdʒənsɪ
contingency
kənˈtɪndʒənsɪ
counterinsurgency
ˌkaʊntərɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
detergency
dɪˈtɜːdʒənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
insurgency
ɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
interagency
ˌɪntərˈeɪdʒənsɪ
multiagency
ˈmʌltɪˌeɪdʒənsɪ
newsagency
ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒənsɪ
nonemergency
ˌnɒnɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
pungency
ˈpʌndʒənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
stringency
ˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
urgency
ˈɜːdʒənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AGENCY

agencies
agency agreement
agency fee
agency nurse
agency spokesperson
agenda
agendaless
agendum
agendums
agene
agenesia
agenesis
agenetic
agenize
agent
agent of production
Agent Orange
agent provocateur
agent-general
agential

WORDS THAT END LIKE AGENCY

ad agency
advertising agency
aid agency
credit agency
employment agency
Environment Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
estate agency
European Space Agency
Food Standards Agency
intelligence agency
law enforcement agency
literary agency
news agency
recruitment agency
relief agency
state of emergency
tendency
the point of tangency
the Regency
travel agency

Synonyms and antonyms of agency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AGENCY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «agency» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of agency

Translation of «agency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AGENCY

Find out the translation of agency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of agency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «agency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

机构
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agencia
570 millions of speakers

English

agency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एजेंसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وَكَالَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

агентство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Agensi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Agentur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

代理店
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대행사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Agensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đại lý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிறுவனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एजन्सी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ajans
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agenzia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

agencja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

агентство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agenție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γραφείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agentskap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

agentur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

byrå
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of agency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AGENCY»

The term «agency» is very widely used and occupies the 2.393 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AGENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «agency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «agency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about agency

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10 QUOTES WITH «AGENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word agency.
1
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices.
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Fred Allen
The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference.
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Fred Allen
An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.
4
Daniella Alonso
I really am happy that I met my agency and my management company, because they see me as a person and not just a Latin woman.
5
Yves Behar
When clients come to my design agency and say 'I want to be the Apple of this or that,' we say 'Okay, are you ready to be the Steve Jobs?' Few are up to the task.
6
Daniel Bruhl
When I was around 15, I did my first movie. I was at a kids' agency, and the third time I was invited to an audition, they offered me a little part in some kiddie thing, and I earned my first money. I was very proud that I could buy my first mountain bike with my own money.
7
Martin Van Buren
Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it.
8
Eric Cantor
We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.
9
Jay Chiat
The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics.
10
Howard Coble
I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGENCY»

Discover the use of agency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to agency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tears of the Giraffe: A No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel (2)
In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humor—not to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.
Alexander McCall Smith, 2003
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Animals and Agency: An Interdisciplinary Exploration
While many scholars who write about animals deal with animal agency in some way, this volume is the first to position the question of nonhuman agency as the primary focus of inquiry.
Sarah E. McFarland, Ryan Hediger, 2009
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Agency: Law and Principles
This new works takes into acccount all recent changes and developments including coverage on the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 and focuses more specifically on particular classesof commercial agents, for instance ...
Roderick Munday, Roderick J. C. Munday, 2010
4
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A No. 1 Ladies' ...
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people ...
Alexander McCall Smith, 2003
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Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs: Examples and Explanations
The new edition of this successful paperback continues to be a study aid you can depend on to provide students with a firm understanding of the essential concepts and key issues involved in this complex area of law.
Daniel S. Kleinberger, 2008
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Delegation and Agency in International Organizations
Examining a variety of different institutions including the World Trade Organization, the United Nations and the European Commission, this book explores the different methods that states employ to ensure their interests are being served, ...
Darren G. Hawkins, David A. Lake, Daniel L. Nielson, 2006
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Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation
Explores the relationship between structure and agency through human reflexivity and the internal conversation.
Margaret Scotford Archer, 2003
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The Advertising Agency Business
The second edition established the book as the standard work on the subject. This newly revised edition by Eugene Hameroff continues that tradition.
Eugene Hameroff, 1998
9
Agency in Archaeology
Agency in Archaeology is the first critical volume to scrutinise the concept of agency and to examine in-depth its potential to inform our understanding of the past.
Marcia-Anne Dobres, John E. Robb, 2000
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Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds
Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds offers a liberating yet tempered understanding of agency, as it shows how, despite the force of cultural and social traditions, people improvise, redescribe themselves, and re-create their cultural ...
‎2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term agency is used in the context of the following news items.
1
NBA Free Agency: Latest news, rumors and updates
Snyder: With a relative disaster avoided, the Kansas City Royals will have four players starting in this year's All-Star Game, which is just the ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
2
California drought forces agency to rethink West's water system
“If there's no snowpack, there's no water,” said Lessard, a regional manager for the Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency that built and ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
3
NBA Free Agency: Spurs Biggest Winners, Landing Aldridge; Lakers …
LaMarcus Aldridge didn't surprise anyone when he agreed on the Fourth of July to leave Portland and join the San Antonio Spurs. Once the ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
4
NHL Power Rankings: Where Every Team Stands After Start of Free …
The NHL's free-agency period has already changed the complexion of many teams. Some franchises, like the Chicago Blackhawks, are still in ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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2015 NBA Free Agency: Examining the 20 best remaining free agents
So ... that really got out of hand fast. Free agency started not with a boom, but with a Big Bang of activity. Free agent after free agent, and ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
6
Best 2015 NBA Free-Agency Landing Spots for Cleveland Cavs' J.R. …
Choosing to forgo his $6.4 million player option for the 2015-16 season, J.R. Smith is very much available as an unrestricted free agent. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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Lakers Taking Necessary Gamble on Roy Hibbert After Flopping in …
... come up empty in free agency. The emergence of point guard D'Angelo Russell will be entertaining enough, as will a healthy Kobe Bryant. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
8
Will Cody Franson finally cash in on unrestricted free agency?
Cody Franson is still on the unrestricted free agent market. Yup, you read that right – a young, big, right-handed shooting offensive defenseman ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
9
Jewish Agency ordered to pay damages to fired union organizers
Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption Minister Sofa Landver pose with a family of immigrants from ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
10
Tennessee trailblazer: Agency owner June Taylor
In 1990, Taylor became the sole owner of Wilkinson Insurance Agency, and has overseen its growth to $4 million in premium volume. «PropertyCasualty360, Jul 15»

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