- a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially when representing other businesses or organizations
- She works for an advertising agency.
- 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
See agency in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee agency in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthrough the agency of
- (formal) as a result of the action of somebody/something
- He obtained his position through the agency of an old friend.
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