[ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nsi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group
(e.g: an advertising agency)

- action or intervention producing a particular effect
(e.g: canals carved by the agency of running water)


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Origin:
early 17th century (in the senses ‘position or function of an agent’ and ‘ability to act, activity’): from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’ (see agent)