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agency   (TTS Sound)

The noun agency has 5 senses

• agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")


• agency -- (a business that serves other businesses)


• agency -- (the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency")


• representation, delegacy, agency -- (the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent)


• means, agency, way -- (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")