plural agencies
Definition of agency
1a
: the office or function of an agent (see agent sense 4)
b
: the relationship between a principal and that person's agent
2
: the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power : operation
3
: a person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved : instrumentality
communicated through the agency of the ambassador
4
: an establishment engaged in doing business for another
an advertising agency
5
: an administrative division (as of a government)
the agency for consumer protection
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The first known use of agency was in 1640
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