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Definition: Agency |
AgencyNoun1. An administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority". 2. A business that serves other businesses. 3. The state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency". 4. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent. 5. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "agency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Agency \A"gen*cy\, noun; plural Agencies. [agentia, from the Latin expression agens, agentis: compare to the French expression agence. See Agent.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Abstract description of those functions of a local system environment which are needed to support the job transfer and manipulation(JTM)service. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military & Defense | In intelligence usage, an organization or individual engaged in collecting and/or processing information. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
1. Agency refers to a department of a local or national government responsible for the oversight and administration of a specific function, such as a customs agency or a space agency. Examples within the United States government include the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency. 2. Agency is an area of law dealing with a contractual or quasi-contractual relationship between at least two parties in which one, the principal, allows the other, the agent, to represent her or his legal interests and to perform legal acts that bind the principal. Agency can be created in a variety of ways, such as through the grant of a power of attorney also known as a mandate in civil law jurisdictions, it can also be implied from the conduct of the parties.The law of agency is used in many professional areas, from contract negotiation (business management), employment procurement (i.e. modelling agencies), by financial advisors, in the buying and selling of real estate, the negotiation of entertainment and sports deals and in many day to day transactions where one person (the "agent") is allowed to stand in for another individual to fulfill their wishes. Agents can represent the interests of one party, or they may represent the interests of several, conflicting or potentially conflicting parties. In the case of such dual agency the agent must either disclose information received by one party to the other or act in a limited agency capacity to prevent a situation where the agent's loyalty to the multiple principals is compromised.
See also: List of Hollywood agencies and management companies
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Agency."
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Agency is a city located in Wapello County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 622.Geography
Agency is located at 40°59'44" North, 92°18'27" West (40.995432, -92.307532)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 622 people, 272 households, and 178 families residing in the city. The population density is 414.1/km² (1,074.6/mi²). There are 286 housing units at an average density of 190.4/km² (494.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.20% White, 0.16% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.80% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 272 households out of which 23.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% are married couples living together, 5.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% are non-families. 31.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.29 and the average family size is 2.89. In the city the population is spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.7 males. The median income for a household in the city is $36,912, and the median income for a family is $44,306. Males have a median income of $29,107 versus $26,750 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,896. 5.3% of the population and 2.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.7% are under the age of 18 and 5.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Agency, Iowa."
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Agency is a village located in Buchanan County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 599.Geography
Agency is located at 39°38'55" North, 94°44'40" West (39.648739, -94.744418)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 5.0 km² (1.9 mi²). 5.0 km² (1.9 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 599 people, 214 households, and 176 families residing in the village. The population density is 119.2/km² (309.3/mi²). There are 222 housing units at an average density of 44.2/km² (114.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.50% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. 1.67% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 214 households out of which 44.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.6% are married couples living together, 9.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 17.3% are non-families. 12.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 2.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.80 and the average family size is 3.04. In the village the population is spread out with 30.1% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.7 males. The median income for a household in the village is $49,375, and the median income for a family is $52,500. Males have a median income of $37,969 versus $24,018 for females. The per capita income for the village is $20,304. 6.1% of the population and 3.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 7.1% are under the age of 18 and 9.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Agency, Missouri."
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Agency is a town located in Hill County, Montana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 324.Geography
Agency is located at 48°15'26" North, 109°46'22" West (48.257148, -109.772875)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 22.2 km² (8.6 mi²). 22.2 km² (8.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.12% is water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 324 people, 79 households, and 65 families residing in the town. The population density is 14.6/km² (37.8/mi²). There are 90 housing units at an average density of 4.1/km² (10.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 5.56% White, 0.00% African American, 93.52% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 0.93% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 79 households out of which 44.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% are married couples living together, 24.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 17.7% are non-families. 15.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 4.10 and the average family size is 4.60. In the town the population is spread out with 45.4% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 13.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 21 years. For every 100 females there are 103.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.9 males. The median income for a household in the town is $22,308, and the median income for a family is $35,000. Males have a median income of $22,917 versus $31,250 for females. The per capita income for the town is $12,990. 23.9% of the population and 15.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 37.7% are under the age of 18 and 31.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Agency, Montana."
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A list of intelligence agencies, past and present:
- Afghanistan
- Khedamat-e Etelea'at-e Dawlati (Defunct)
- Albania
- Sigurimi (Defunct)
- National Intelligence Service (NIS/SHIK)
- Argentina
- Central Nacional de Inteligenzia (CNI)
- Australia
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
- Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS)
- Defence Signals Directorate (DSD)
- Brazil
- Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (ABIN)
- Serviço Nacional de Informações (SNI) (Defunct)
- Bulgaria
- Durzhavna Sigurnost (DS)
- Canada
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/
- Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
- China, People's Republic of
- Ministry of State Security (MSS)
- Colombia
- Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS)
- Cuba
- Directorate General of Intelligence (DGI)
- Revolutionary Armed Forces Intelligence
- Czech Republic
- Bezpecnostni informacni sluzba (BIS)
- Urad pro zahranicni styky a informace (UZSI)
- Czechoslovakia
- Federal Directorate of Intelligence Services (FSZS, Defunct)
- Hlavni Sprava Rozvedky (HSR, Defunct)
- Denmark
- Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET)
- Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE)
- Egypt
- General Directorate of State Security Service
- Estonia
- Kaitsepolitseiamet
- Finland
- Suojelupoliisi (Supo)
- France
- Défense et Sécurité du Territoire (DST)
- Deuxieme Bureau (Defunct)
- Service de documentation Extérieure et de Contre-espionnage (SDECE, 1946-1982)
- Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE, 1982-)
- Secretariat General de la Defense Nationale (SGDN)
- Germany
- Bundesamt fur Verfassungsschutz (BfV)
- Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)
- Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD)
- West Germany
- Bundesamt fur Verfassungsschutz (BfV)
- Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)
- East Germany
- State Security Service (SSD, Defunct)
- Hauptverwaltung Aufklaerung, (HVA) part of the Stasi
- Nazi Germany
- Abwehr
- Gestapo
- Sicherheitsdienst (SD)
- Hungary
- Államvédelmi Hatóság (AVH)
- Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal (NBH)
- India
- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
- Intelligence Bureau (IB)
- Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
- Iran
- SAVAK, Shah's security police
- Ministry of Intelligence and Security
- Iraq
- General Intelligence Directorate
- Special Security Service
- Israel
- ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Mossad)
- Sherut ha-Bitachon ha-Klali (Shin Bet)
- Italy
- Servizio Informazioni Generali e Sicurezza (SISDE)
- Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare (SISMI)
- Japan
- Public Security Investigation Agency (PSIA)
- Jordan
- General Intelligence Department
- Korea, South
- National Intelligence Service (South Korea) (NIS)
- Libya
- Jamahiriya el Mukhabarat
- New Zealand
- Government Communications Security Bureau
- Security Intelligence Service
- Norway
- Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste (PST)
- Pakistan
- Pakistan Intelligence Bureau
- Directorate for Inter-Service Intelligence
- Poland
- Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa (SB, Defunct)
- Urzad Ochrony Panstwa (UOP)
- Romania
- Departamentul de Informaţii Externe (DIE)
- Direcţia de Informaţii a Armatei (DIA)
- Serviciul de Informaţii Externe (SIE)
- Serviciul de Pază şi Protecţie (SPP)
- Serviciul Român de Informaţii (SRI)
- Russia
- Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti (FSB, successor of KGB)
- Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie (GRU)
- Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki (SVR)
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
- Cheka (1917-1922)
- Gosudarstvennoye Politicseskoye Upravleniye (GPU, 1922-1923)
- Obyedinennoye Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye (OGPU, 1923-1934)
- Narodnyi Kommissariat Vnutrennih Del (NKVD, 1934-1946)
- Ministerstvo Vnutrennih Del (MVD, 1946-1954)
- Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezopastnosti (MGB, 1943-1953)
- Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (KGB; 1954-1991)
- South Africa
- National Intelligence Agency
- South African Secret Service
- Bureau of State Security (BOSS) (defunct)
- Spain
- Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa (CESID) - 2002.
- Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) (2002 - )
- Sweden
- Säkerhetspolisen (SÄPO)
- Switzerland
- Nachrichtendienst (SND) http://www.vbs.admin.ch/internet/gs/snd/d/dsnd.htm
- Turkey
- Milli Istihbarat Teskilan (MIT)
- Jandarma Istihbarat ve Terorle Mucadete (JITEM)
- United Kingdom
- Department of Naval Intelligence
- Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
- Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC)
- MI8 (Defunct)
- Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6)
- Security Service (MI5)
- Special Operations Executive (SOE in World War Two)
- United States
- Air Intelligence Agency (AIA)
- Army Security Agency (ASA)
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
- Department of Homeland Security
- National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- National Security Agency (NSA)
- Naval Security Group (NSG)
- Office of Strategic Services (OSS, forerunner of CIA)
- United States Secret Service (Secret Service)
External link
- http://www.fas.org/irp/world/index.html
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of intelligence agencies."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| agcy | English | Agency | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AgencySynonyms: authority (n), bureau (n), delegacy (n), federal agency (n), government agency (n), means (n), office (n), representation (n), way (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Noun: action, performance; doing; Verb: perpetration; exercise, excitation; movement, operation, evolution, work; labor; (exertion); praxis, execution; procedure; (conduct); handicraft; business; agency; (power at work). |
Agency | Noun: agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, office, maintenance, exercise, work, swing, play; interworking, interaction; procurement. |
Commission | Noun: commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy. |
Direction | Proctorship; agency. |
Government | Office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet; senate, house of representatives, parliament; council; courts, supreme court; state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury; Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI; Central Intelligence Agency, CIA; NIH; Postal Service, Post Office; Federal Aviation Administration, FAA. |
Instrumentality | Noun: instrumentality; aid; subservience, subserviency; mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium, vehicle, hand; agency. |
Adverb: through, by, per; whereby, thereby, hereby; by the agency of; by dint of; by virtue of, in virtue of; through the medium of; Noun: along with; on the shoulders of; by means of; by the aid of, with the aid of; (assistance). | |
Marriage | Marriage broker; matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau, matchmaker; schatchen. |
Means | How; (in what manner); through; (by the instrumentality of); with the aid of, by the aid of; (assistance); by the agency of; |
Use | Exercitation; application, appliance; adhibition, disposal; consumption; agency; (physical); usufruct; usefulness; benefit; recourse, resort, avail. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There is fire at the travel agency. (The Longest Day; writing credit: Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Cornelius Ryan, and Jack Seddon. based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.) Central Intelligence Agency. (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward) Some people find it ironical that although we run a travel agency, we've never been outside of Blaine (Waiting for Guffman; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Eugene Levy) Yeah, we conjured up a hundred-foot marshmallow man, blew the top three floors off an uptown high-rise, and ended up getting sued by every city, county, and agency in New York (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) Well, I remember trying to dig up stuff back then, but, you know, turns out, when a secret government agency studies vampires and puts chips in their brains that keep them from hurting people, they don't really build web sites (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Porky's Hero Agency (1937) The Matrimonial Agency (1913) Through the Matrimonial Agency (1905) The Agency (2001) Ho Duzzit Model Agency 2 (1993) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | H. L. Stevenson (Editor-In-Chief and V.P., UPI, New York with Chang Hai-Tao (Chief, Hsinhua News Agency, United Nations, and Tu Pei-Lin (Deputy Chief, Hsinhua News Agency, U.N.). Credit: CDC. |  | Dr. Gerberding is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Credit: CDC. |
 | Officials of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Credit: NASA. |  | Henry S. Pritchett Ninth Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Made Bureau of Standards an autonomous agency during his tenure. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | The Herbert Clark Hoover Building, home to the U. S. Department of Commerce, parent agency to NOAA. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NURP's agency. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Maj. Rob Landers, National Missile Defense Operation Test Agency mission director for Battle Planning Exercise 00-4, points out information on the NMD Automated Battle Manager for Canadian Forces Maj. Gen. David Bartram, NORAD's director of operations. (C. |  | Penny DeFino was recognized as one of 18 outstanding Department of Defense employees with disabilities recently. DeFino works as a Unix system administrator for the Defense Information Systems Agency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (Courtesy pho. |
 | African American farmers, Leo and Edward Jenkins own and operate this farm in Washington County in the Mississippi Delta. The grow cotton, soybeans, wheat, and vegitables. Here they confir with Michael McNair, USDA Farm Service Agency employee. Credit: USDA. |  | Mature soybeans- Most soybean varieties have the Agricultural Research Service in their pedigree. Agency scientists have released 66 varieties and 280 breeding lines between 1980 and August 1994. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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| "Work load" by Carl Dwyer Commentary: "Macro photo of our agency with lots of work going on !." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Free agency -- right to work toward the goals of our choice, necessitates acceptance of the consequences of choice. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Subject to the provisions of the present Treaty, the Commission is constituted by the several Allied and Associated Governments referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 above as the exclusive agency of the said Governments respectively for receiving, selling, holding, and distributing the reparation payments to be made by Germany under this Part of the present Treaty. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | CDC is not a regulatory agency. (references) | |
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) P. (references) | ||
Call animal control or an animal rescue agency for assistance. (references) | ||
Business | American E-VAPs such as Agency. (references) | |
Trunk roads are managed by the Highways Agency. (references) | ||
Thailand also lacks an overriding enforcement agency. (references) | ||
Children | Seychelles | The strongest public advocate for young victims is a semiautonomous agency, the National Council for Children. (references) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The Social Welfare Office is the government agency responsible for monitoring and protecting the welfare of children. (references) | |
Japan | The number of juveniles arrested and sent to prosecutors was down 6.6 percent in 2000, according to the National Police Agency. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Yugoslavia | Tanjug is the state-owned news agency. (references) |
Zimbabwe | The Minister also controls the Zimbabwe Inter-Africa News Agency wire service. (references) | |
Tunisia | The ERTT's coverage of government news is taken directly from the official news agency, TAP. (references) | |
Economic History | Guinea | Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). (references) |
Russia | Trade and Development Agency (TDA). (references) | |
Uae | Agency contracts: Terms and conditions vary. (references) | |
Human Rights | Mexico | Prosecutor salaries and benefits vary by region and agency. (references) |
Armenia | The commission refers such cases to the appropriate agency, but it does not follow up on specific issues. (references) | |
Armenia | The judge acting alone must find a compelling need for a wiretap before granting the agency permission to proceed. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | FUNAI depends on the Federal Police, an understaffed and poorly equipped agency, for law enforcement on indigenous lands. (references) |
Colombia | The U'wa broke off talks with the Government in September 2000, in response to a ruling by the Government's agrarian reform agency authorizing the state oil company to purchase lands to create a buffer zone around the drilling area, and talks remained suspended during the year. (references) | |
Minorities | Azerbaijan | In June the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) became the subject of several negative press reports on independent television stations. (references) |
Political Economy | SOUTH AFRICA | A new government owned Export Credit Agency was established during 2001. (references) |
ALGERIA | In 2001, a new agency, ANDI, was created to facilitate investment into Algeria. (references) | |
Mexico | A non-partisan council runs the IFE, the agency that oversees federal elections. (references) | |
Political Rights | Slovenia | The Prime Minister's Office has an active agency for monitoring and promoting the participation by women in public life. (references) |
Pakistan | Prior to 1997, in keeping with local traditions, tribal leaders, or maliks, appointed in the governor's name by the central Government's political agents in each agency, elected the FATA National Assembly members. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Politicians and human rights activists criticized the selection process as undemocratic and lacking transparency and noted that Central Government Liaison Office (formerly the New China News Agency) Director Jiang Enzhu, who is not a Hong Kong permanent resident, is one of Hong Kong's 36 delegates. (references) | |
Trade | Uae | Agency law does not pertain to food products. (references) |
Spain | This institute acts as the State's finance agency and investment bank. (references) | |
Hong Kong | U.S. Trade and Development Agency programs are available for Hong Kong and Macau. (references) | |
Travel | Barbados | The Caribbean News Agency (CANA) is based in Barbados. (references) |
Burma | Myanma Five Star lines, a government shipping agency, handles such shipments. (references) | |
Cape Verde | However, one should guarantee booking, either directly or through a travel agency, before departing. (references) | |
Women | Burma | The Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association, a government-controlled agency, provided assistance to mothers. (references) |
Micronesia | No government agency, including the police, has succeeded in replacing the extended family system or in addressing the problem of family violence directly. (references) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Marion House, a social services agency established by the Catholic Church in 1989 and staffed by four trained counselors and three foreign volunteers, provides counseling and therapy services. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Netherlands | It is an independent government agency, led by a public prosecutor. (references) |
Taiwan | There also were reports that foreign workers often paid high agency fees to obtain jobs. (references) | |
Central African Republic | An international agency reported that children worked in the diamond fields alongside adult relatives. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TYPE, n. Pestilent bits of metal suspected of destroying civilization and enlightenment, despite their obvious agency in this incomparable dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gray Davis | I can't go into too many details, but one federal agency believes it is credible. They have reported to the FBI. The FBI is checking it out. |
John Ashcroft | Well, it's, I believe, the greatest law enforcement agency in the world. But nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world. |
Robert Wagner | Dr. Evil, while you were in space, I created a way for us to make huge sums of legitimate money and still maintain the ethics and the business practices of an evil organization. I have turned us into a talent agency, the Hollywood Talent Agency. |
Rush Limbaugh | Richard Nixon conceived the Environmental Protection Agency, folks. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | We are authorized to hope that a proper organization of the whole, with the auxiliary agency of governments for the respective subdivisions, will afford a happy issue to the experiment. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Through its agency we have secured to ourselves the full enjoyment of the blessings of a free press. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | In spite of this precaution, however, it comes to my knowledge that I am much censured for some supposed agency in setting up, and seeking to sustain, the new State Government of Louisiana. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | This legislation would make permanent the National Housing Agency and give it authority and funds for much needed technical and economic research. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Close monitoring of agency compliance with the requirements of the Order is necessary. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Though this is a time of budget constraints, I have requested for EPA one of the largest percentage budget increases of any agency. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Agency" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.73% of the time. "Agency" is used about 5,920 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.73% | 4,246 | 2,315 |
| Noun (common) | 28.13% | 1,665 | 5,016 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.13% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,920 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | The Hong Kong Building & Loan Agency Ltd. | United Kingdom | Estates & Agency Holdings Plc |
| USA | Agency.com Limited | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Agency, IA (city, FIPS 640) 2. Agency, MO (town, FIPS 298) |
Expressions using "agency": ad agency ♦ advanced Research Projects Agency ♦ advanced Research Projects Agency Network ♦ advertising agency ♦ aeronautical telecommunication agency ♦ agency agreement ♦ agency business ♦ agency consultant ♦ agency contract ♦ agency fee ♦ agency fees ♦ Agency for European Folk High School Work ♦ Agency for International Development ♦ agency representative ♦ agency security ♦ agency Village ♦ aircraft operating agency ♦ assisting agency ♦ booking agency ♦ business agency ♦ by the agency of ♦ car rental agency ♦ causal agency ♦ Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency ♦ central intelligence agency ♦ child welfare agency ♦ collection agency ♦ commercial agency ♦ contract agency ♦ credit agency ♦ credit reference agency ♦ Crow Agency ♦ debt collection agency ♦ Defence Evaluation and Research Agency ♦ defense Advanced Research Project Agency ♦ defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ♦ Defense Communication Agency ♦ defense Communications Agency ♦ defense Information Systems Agency ♦ detective agency ♦ Drugs Agency ♦ employment agency ♦ environmental protection agency ♦ executive agency ♦ federal agency ♦ fee agency ♦ financing agency ♦ forwarding agency ♦ free agency ♦ general agency ♦ government agency ♦ housing agency ♦ housing rental agency ♦ international agency ♦ international atomic energy agency ♦ international operating agency ♦ International Security Agency ♦ land agency ♦ law enforcement agency ♦ lending agency ♦ medical devices agency ♦ mercantile agency ♦ news agency ♦ Passport Agency ♦ paying agency ♦ pr agency ♦ press agency ♦ press cutting agency ♦ publicity agency ♦ real estate agency ♦ recognised private operating agency ♦ recognized private operating agency ♦ recruitment agency ♦ regulatory agency ♦ relief agency ♦ room agency ♦ scholastic agency ♦ service agency ♦ shipping agency ♦ sole agency ♦ space agency ♦ special agency ♦ through his agency ♦ through the agency of ♦ through the agency of smth. ♦ ticket agency ♦ tourist agency ♦ travel agency ♦ UN agency ♦ United Nations agency ♦ United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ♦ United States Environmental Protection Agency ♦ unknown agency. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "agency": agency-centered, agency-provided, agency-sponsored, agency-structure, agency-supplied. | |
Ending with "agency": free-agency, inter-agency, multi-agency. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
travel agency | 5,405 | recruitment agency | 505 |
modeling agency | 3,238 | credit agency | 504 |
texas education agency | 2,957 | dating agency | 495 |
employment agency | 2,587 | car rental agency | 485 |
collection agency | 2,322 | temporary agency | 441 |
credit reporting agency | 1,322 | marriage agency | 420 |
temp agency | 1,227 | government agency | 402 |
advertising agency | 1,219 | national security agency | 401 |
real estate agency | 1,074 | passport agency | 373 |
model agency | 1,044 | marketing agency | 363 |
agency | 1,039 | concert ticket agency | 362 |
insurance agency | 1,031 | agency nursing | 347 |
staffing agency | 1,022 | ford modeling agency | 326 |
us government agency | 909 | escort agency | 317 |
adoption agency | 852 | temporary employment agency | 287 |
canada customs revenue agency | 767 | william morris agency | 277 |
talent agency | 725 | ad agency | 276 |
environmental protection agency | 708 | credit report agency | 262 |
central intelligence agency | 672 | job agency | 262 |
drug enforcement agency | 607 | web agency | 260 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "agency"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | agentuur, agentskap. (various references) | |
Albanian | agjenci (agents). (various references) | |
Arabic | مكتب تجاري, قوة (ability, arm, authority, birr, capacity, clout, dint, energy, faculty, force, forcefulness, forcing, hardihood, intension, intensity, iron, leverage, might, operation, potency, power, severity, sinew, solidity, stamina, starch, stoutness, strength, vehemence, vigor, vigour, violence, virility, virtue), قسم إداري (precinct, riding), وكالة (commission, dealership, procuration, proxy), واسطة (instrumentation, intermediary). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съдействие (abetment, collaboration, concurrence, contribution, co-operation, instrumentality, instrumentation, ministry, promotion, subservience), средство (contrivance, device, help, instrumentality, instrumentation, means, medium, pry, recourse, remedy, resort, resource, shift, tool, weapon), агенция, агентство, бюро (board, bureau, desk, office, service, writing desk), представителство (representation), посредничество (intercession, intermediation, intermedium, interposal, interposition, intervention, mediation, umpirage). (various references) | |
Catalan | l'agència (the agency). (various references) | |
Chinese | 辦事處 (office), 機構 (institution, organization), 代办处 (Agencies). (various references) | |
Czech | agentura, pùsobení (action, agents, coverage, effect, operation, working), kancelář (bureau, office, room), kanceláøe, jednatelství, èinitel (agent, factor). (various references) | |
Danish | agentur, agent (agent), efterretningsorgan (collection agency). (various references) | |
Dutch | agentschap (consignment). (various references) | |
Esperanto | agenturo, agentejo, agenteco. (various references) | |
Farsi | پیشکاری , ماموریت (Assignment, Duty, Errand, Function, Mission, Tour), نمایندگی (Attorney, Deputation, Legation, Representation, Solicitorship), گماشتگی , وکالت (Advocacy, Attorney, Bar, Deputation, Proctorship, Proxy), وساطت (Intercession, Intermediary), دفترنمایندگی . (various references) | |
Finnish | asioimisto, agentuuri (representation), välitystoimisto (broker's office), välitysliike, välitys (mediation, medium, transmission). (various references) | |
French | agence (agent). (various references) | |
Frisian | agintskip. (various references) | |
German | Agentur, Vertretung (holding, legation, proxy, replacement, representation, representational party, representativeness, substitute, supporting), Geschäftsstelle (department, office). (various references) | |
Greek | πρακτορείο. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | agjensi, agjenci. (various references) | |
Hebrew | עמילות (brokerage, commission), אמצעות (intermediacy, means, mediacy, meditation, medium, middle), סוכנות, נציגות (deputation, mission, representation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ügynökség, tevékenység (action, activity, evangelism, function, game, pursuit, strenuousness, work), működés (action, functioning, gear, movement, performance, pursuit, reach, working), közbenjárás (instrumentality, intercession, intervention, mediation, pleading, procurement), képviselet (advocacy, representation), iroda (bureau, bureaux, chambers, office, shop), hatóerő (effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency). (various references) | |
Icelandic | ferðaskrifstofu (travel agency). (various references) | |
Indonesian | aparat (apparatus), agen (agent, branch), perwakilan (delegation, liaison unit, representation), peragenan, dinas (official), badan (board, body, corporation, group, torso). (various references) | |
Irish | gníomhaireachtaí. (various references) | |
Italian | agenzia (branch), filiale (branch, daughterly, filial, subsidiary). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 仲立ち (agent, go-between, mediation, mediator, middleman), 中次ぎ (brokerage, intermediary, relay), 中継ぎ (brokerage, intermediary, relay), ウロン酸 (ace, acre, age, age shooter, age-group, ageing, ageism, agent, aging, agism, ether, someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment., undine, uronic acid), 代任 (acting official), 代理 (acting, agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, representation, substitute), 代理権 (right of representation), 代理業 , 代理店 (agent), 中次 (brokerage, intermediary, relay), 仲介 (intermediation), 力 (ability, attainment, authority, capability, efficacy, emphasis, endeavors, energy, exertions, faculty, force, good offices, help, influence, means, might, power, resources, strength, stress, support, vigor), 差配 (act as an owner's agent, charge, management), 出張所 (branch office, sub-branch), 媒介物 (carrier, medium, vehicle), 取り次ぎ (commission), 取り扱い所 (office), 取次 (commission), 取次店 (distributor), 事業団 (corporation), 代行機関 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | とりつぎ (commission), だいりてん (agent), だいりけん (right of representation), だいりぎょう, だいこうきかん, だいにん (acting official, adult, agent, deputy, proxy, representative, substitute), ちゅうかい (annotation, explanatory notes, gloss, intermediation), だいり (acting, agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, imperial palace, proxy, representation, substitute), とりあつかいじょ (office), なかつぎ (brokerage, intermediary, relay), とりつぎてん (distributor), じぎょうだん (corporation), エージェンシー , ばいかいぶつ (carrier, medium, vehicle), さはい (act as an owner's agent, charge, management), しゅっちょうじょ (branch office, sub-branch), なかだち (agent, go-between, mediation, mediator, middleman), ちから (ability, attainment, authority, capability, efficacy, emphasis, endeavors, energy, exertions, faculty, force, good offices, help, influence, means, might, power, resources, strength, stress, support, vigor). (various references) | |
Korean | 기관 (Agencies, institution, Organ, Organs, throttle). (various references) | |
Manx | jantys (action, instrumentality, make, manufacture). (various references) | |
Norwegian | agentur, virksomhet. (various references) | |
Papiamen | agensia. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | agencyay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | agência. (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | agência. (various references) | |
Romanian | agenturã (agents), agent (agent, assignee, broker, clerk, courier, factor, go between, means, medium, minister), agenţie (company), acţiune (act, action, activity, deed, feat, gesture, go, move, operation, proceeding, share, speculation, story, undertaking, work), organ (authority, body, mouthpiece, organ), operaţie (action, intervention, operation, process, reckoning, speculation, work), oficiu (assistance, bureau, door, function, help, office, pantry), mijlocire (intercession, means, mediation), intermediu (instrumentality, intermedium, means, mediation), factor (agent, counter-agent, element, factor, unit). (various references) | |
Romansch | biro da viada (travel agency). (various references) | |
Russian | агентство (agcy, Agcy agency, agncy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | agencija, sredstvo (decongestant, expedient, instrumentality, medium, remedy, resort), predstavništvo (branch), posredovanje (broking, intercession, intermediation, intervention, mediation, solicitation), delatnost (activity, sovereignty, work). (various references) | |
Spanish | agencia (ministration), organismo (body, organism, organization, system). (various references) | |
Swedish | agentur (agents). (various references) | |
Turkish | aracılık (agency business, intercession, intermediate trade, intervention, mediation, mediatorship, procuration), ajans, acente (agent), acenta (agent, representative, solicitor), vasıta (facility, instrumentality, medium, resource, stepping stone, vehicle), organ (member, organ). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | управління (administration, authority, control, department, dispensation, disposal, governance, gubernation, guidance, leadership, leading, management, office, ordering, presidence, regimen, regiment, ruling, steerage, stewardship, superintendence), сприяння (aid, assistance, auspices, promotion), сила (cloud, efficacy, force, iron, muscle, nerve, pith, potence, potency, power, strength, vehemence, vigor, vigour, wealth), фактор (agent, factor), орган (authority, organ, organism, unit), засіб (channel, instrumentality, means, recipe, route, way), агентство, представництво, посередництво (intercession, intermediary, intervention, mediation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tác dụng (action, force, virtue, weight), sở (department, office, service), phân điểm, lực sự môi giới, hãng thông tấn, hãng (enterprise, firm), chi nhánh cơ quan. (various references) | |
Welsh | goruchwyliaeth (dispensation, operation, oversight, process), cyfrwng (means, medium). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "agency": coagency, interagency, multiagency, subagency, superagency. (additional references) | |
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"Agency" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adeney, agancy, agany, agebcy, agencey, Agencia, agenic, agenty, Agnesey, angency, Asenby, eency, egency. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "agency" (pronounced ā"junsē) |
| 6 | ā" j u n s ē | interagency. |
| 5 | -j u n s ē | cogency, contingency, counterinsurgency, emergency, exigency, insurgency, nonemergency, regency, stringency, urgency. |
| 4 | -u n s ē | absorbency, accountancy, ascendancy, ascendency, buoyancy, clemency, competency, complacency, Conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, consultancy, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, discrepancy, latency, dormancy, efficiency, equivalency, excellency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, immunodeficiency, incompetency, inconsistency, inconstancy, incumbency, indecency, inefficiency, infancy, infrequency, insolvency, irrelevancy, leniency, malignancy, militancy, occupancy, poignancy, potency, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, redundancy, relevancy, residency, resiliency, solvency, stridency, sufficiency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, truancy, vacancy, vagrancy, vibrancy. |
| 3 | -n s ē | bouncy, chancy, deviancy, fancy, fiancee, mincy, Nancy, necromancy, teensy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-n-y" | |
-1 letter: cagey. | |
-2 letters: acne, cage, cagy, cane, cyan, gaen, gane, yang, yean. | |
-3 letters: ace, age, ane, any, aye, can, cay, eng, gae, gan, gay, gen, gey, nae, nag, nay, yea, yen. | |
-4 letters: ae, ag, an, ay, en, na, ne, ya, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-n-y" | |
+1 letter: gynecia. | |
+2 letters: aglycone, coagency, cyanogen, decaying, elegancy, geomancy, gynaecea, gynaecia, gynoecia, regnancy, tangency. | |
+3 letters: aglycones, cageyness, casefying, clergyman, cognately, cyanogens, genically, gynaeceum, gynaecium, lackeying, panegyric, plangency, pregnancy, sergeancy, subagency. | |
+4 letters: acetifying, benignancy, changeably, cyanogenic, degeneracy, exactingly, gynarchies, hackneying, lacqueying, menacingly, oceanology, panegyrics, recarrying, regeneracy, repugnancy. | |
+5 letters: acceptingly, acetylating, affectingly, angelically, astringency, bellyaching, cageynesses, caressingly, causewaying, changefully, clergywoman, congenially, conjugately, copyreading, embracingly, eugenically, generically, genetically, genotypical, glycerinate, gonadectomy, granulocyte, gynaecology, gynecocracy, interagency, multiagency, panegyrical, preachingly, repacifying, scenography, screamingly, searchingly, superagency, typecasting, unceasingly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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