agency
English
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
noun
Definitions
- The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
- (sociology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
- A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
- The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
- An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
- A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agentia, agēns.
Origin
Latin
agēns
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agencylike English
- agent English
- coagency English
- interagency English
- miniagency English
- multiagency English
- news English
- newsagency English
- nonagency English
- subagency English
- superagency English
- agens Latin
- agentia Latin
- agēns Latin
- agente Italian
- agenzia Italian
- agens Dutch, Flemish
- agence French
- agent French
- agencia Spanish, Castilian
- agente Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- agent Danish
- agencija Serbo-Croatian
- agent Serbo-Croatian
- agent Catalan, Valencian
- एजेंसी Hindi
- آژانس Persian
- ajans Turkish
- agenzeia Romansh
- agenzia Romansh