agency

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♦♦ agen|cy /'eɪdʒənsi/ (agencies)
1 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
An agency is a business which provides a service on behalf of other businesses. (BUSINESS)
We had to hire maids through an agency.
see also advertising agency, employment agency, travel agency, travel agency
2 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
An agency is a government organization responsible for a certain area of administration.
...the government agency which monitors health and safety at work in Britain...ad|ver|tis|ing agen|cy (advertising agencies)
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An advertising agency is a company whose business is to create advertisements for other companies or organizations.
Advertising agencies are losing their once-powerful grip on brand marketing.em|ploy|ment agen|cy (employment agencies)
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An employment agency is a company whose business is to help people to find work and help employers to find the workers they need. (BUSINESS)es|tate agen|cy (estate agencies)
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An estate agency is a company that sells houses and land for people. (BRIT)♦ news agen|cy (news agencies)
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A news agency is an organization that gathers news stories from a particular country or from all over the world and supplies them to journalists.
A correspondent for Reuters news agency says he saw a number of demonstrators being beaten.press agen|cy (press agencies)
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A country's press agency is an organization that gathers news from that country and supplies it to journalists from all over the world.trav|el agen|cy (travel agencies)
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A travel agency is a business which makes arrangements for people's holidays and journeys.

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