Dictionary Entry
agency
agency is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
- 2noun
The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.
- 3noun
The place of business of am agent.
- 4noun
how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
"a means of control"
"an example is the best agency of instruction"
- 5noun
a business that serves other businesses
- 6noun
an administrative unit of government
"the Central Intelligence Agency"
"the Census Bureau"
- 7noun
the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
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- 8noun
the state of being in action or exerting power
"the agency of providence"
"she has free agency"
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