Dictionary entry

Agency

Webster's Dictionary 1913

A″gen‐cy (�), n.; pl.Agencies (�). [agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent.] 1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world.

Woodward.

2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.

3. The place of business of am agent.

Syn. — Action; operation; efficiency; management.