under-agencyn.
/ˈʌndərˌeɪdʒ(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌeɪdʒənsi/ The office of an under-agent.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another > subordinate > position of
subagency1742
under-agency1856
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin xxviii I told him I'd hold the under-agency till he named some one to succeed me.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1856- cold warrior
- cold water
- cold water army
- cold water cure
- cold water physician
- cold water treatment
- cold wave
- cold welding
- cold well
- cold without
- cold work
- cold, dead, hard, etc as a stone
- cold, dead, hard, etc as stone
- cold-acclimated
- cold-bathing
- cold-blast furnace
- cold-blast process
- cold-blooded
- cold-bloodedly
- cold-bloodedness
- cold-braving
- cold-call
- cold-catching
- cold-cathode
- cold-clear