agency.
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
Meaning & usage
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
moral agency
individual agency
A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
authority of agency
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Central Intelligence Agency
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin agēntiabor. English agency From Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agēns (present participle of agere (“to act”)), agentis (cognate with French agence, see also agent).
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