agency

[ˈeɪdʒənsi]

Definition:
1. An administrative unit of government.
2. A business that serves other businesses.
3. The state of being in action or exerting power.
4. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.
5. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.

Use 'agency' in a sentence:

1. She was offered a job as a clerk with a travel agency.
2. The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 percent.
3. The agency placed about 2 000 secretaries last year.
4. The agency will pay you a monthly retainer.
5. They even set up their own news agency to peddle anti-isolationist propaganda.
6. The advertising agency rang up 1.4 billion dollars in yearly sales.
7. Missed payments are referred to a collection agency.
8. I see that as a disaster for the agency.
9. The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.
10. We can use a mechanical agency to achieve our purposes.
11. The government will have to create a special agency to underwrite small business loans.
12. Within the Department of Justice are several drug-fighting agencies. The lead agency in this respect is the DEA.
13. This agency has been far too easy on the timber industry over the years.
14. We had to hire maids through an agency.
15. In practice, the agency system has decayed. Most "agents" now sell only to themselves or their immediate family.
16. The Saudi Press Agency reported that 29 people were injured.
17. Western intelligence agencies are accused of trying to undermine the government.
18. The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs.
19. The agency has been rebuilding under new management.
20. The announcement came in a bald statement from the official news agency.
21. The Agency's budget simply did not allow for such a massive increase.
22. An FBI whistle-blower testified to Congress about problems in the agency.
23. Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
24. All youth groups will have to affiliate to the National Youth Agency.
25. Relief agencies say the immediate problem is not a lack of food, but transportation.
26. I wrote a letter to the car rental agency, explaining what had happened.
27. This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington.
28. I joined a dating agency.
29. The agency hired a New York public-relations firm to burnish Washington's image.
30. Val works for an advertising agency.
31. The agency is the central research and development arm of the Department of Defense.
32. I was headhunted by a marketing agency.
33. The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 per cent.
34. He got the job through an employment agency.
35. I've been temping for an employment agency.
36. He sees sense in merging the two agencies while both are new.
37. The organization emerged from a federation of six national agencies.
38. You can book at your local travel agency.
39. Our agency is a one-stop shop for all your travel needs.
40. The Port Authority is an agency jointly run by New York and New Jersey.
41. The agency has lost several of its most important accounts.
42. His function is vital to the accomplishment of the agency's mission.
43. Legal Aid can often provide referral to other types of agencies.
44. Aid agencies are organizing food drops to civilians in the war zone.
45. Some$ 10 million in aid was funnelled into the country through government agencies.
46. The agency says international relief agencies also have pitched in.
47. The agency provided me with a steady stream of work.
48. If you travel frequently, find an agency that will change one foreign currency directly into another.
49. He met his wife through a computer dating agency.