agency
noun /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
/ˈeɪdʒənsi/
(plural agencies)
Idioms - a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially when representing other businesses or organizations
- She works for an advertising agency.
- international aid agencies caring for refugees
- through an agency He managed to find a job through an agency.
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb2- I've signed up with a temping agency.
- Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- official
- federal
- government
- …
- through an/the agency
- a government department that provides a particular service
- law enforcement agencies
- Some laboratories are operated by government agencies.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- official
- federal
- government
- …
- through an/the agency
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’, from agere.
Idioms
through the agency of
- (formal) as a result of the action of somebody/something
- He obtained his position through the agency of an old friend.