agency
agency Lexical Profile
agency Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A business or organization established to provide a specific service, often acting on behalf of other businesses or individuals.
"They hired an advertising agency to design the promotional campaign for their new product."
An administrative department or specialized division of a government or international body responsible for a specific function, such as regulation, intelligence, or public welfare.
"The environmental protection agency issued new guidelines to reduce industrial emissions."
The capacity of an individual or entity to act independently, make free choices, and exert power over their own circumstances.
"Effective education empowers students with a strong sense of personal agency and critical thinking."
Action, intervention, or instrumentality that produces a particular effect or result.
"The canyon was carved over millions of years through the natural agency of wind and water."
• Rhymes for agency
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century from Medieval Latin agentia, derived from Latin agens, the present participle of agere ('to do, act, or drive').