Agency
/ˈeɪdʒənsi/
Definitions
2 meaningsA business or organization that provides a particular service
/ˈeɪdʒənsi/
A business that provides a service
The advertising agency created a successful campaign.
💡 Simply: A company that helps people.
More Examples
She started her own travel agency.
How It's Used
"She works for a marketing agency."
"The real estate agency sold the house quickly."
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
/ˈeɪdʒənsi/
The capacity to act independently
She asserted her agency by choosing her own path.
💡 Simply: The ability to act on your own.
More Examples
The author explores themes of human agency and free will.
How It's Used
"The agency of the individual is paramount."
"The study explored the relationship between free will and agency."
Idioms & expressions
under the agency of
Through the action or influence of someone or something.
"The change was brought about under the agency of a powerful lobbyist."
From Middle French agence, from agencer "to arrange," from Old French a (to) + gencier "to manage," from Latin agere "to do, to act, to drive"
Historically, the term often referred to an office or official responsible for managing a specific task or area.
Memory tip
Think of agents working together in an agency.
Word Origin
"to do, to act, to drive"