Agency

An agency is an organization which acts on behalf of others. There are commercial agencies, and government agencies.[1] Dictionary.com defines 'agency': "an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency".[2] Actors, models, authors, sportspeople all have agents or agencies.

  1. The use of "agency" for a government organisation is an American usage. In the United Kingdom, the word is mostly used for commercial agencies.
  2. "the definition of agency". www.dictionary.com.

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