agency

Definition

  • noun: a business that provides a particular service
  • noun: the office or function of an 'agent'
  • synonyms: action, activity, agent

Examples

  • The treaty was ratified 'through the agency of' a neutral country.

  • He found work as a mechanic through an 'employment agency'.

  • an athlete who has become eligible for 'free agency'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and they never do. They don't even take your phone number. You know, except this one guy, I bet he, uh...he's not Chinese. He works at the agency and he's cute... Oh my God, he's cute! You know, like, the cute in kinda way, like he has this thing... Oh my God, his arse... (..)
    2014 Lucy