<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An organization, company, or bureau that provides a particular service: We are a nonprofit agency for people experiencing food insecurity.</li><li>A company having a franchise to represent another: Perhaps we should be looking for a new advertising agency.</li><li>A governmental bureau or administrative division, or an office that represents it: My internship at the FDA led to job opportunities with other federal agencies.</li><li>The place of business of an agent: If you stop by the agency tomorrow, we can go over the details of the land sale.</li><li>Indian agency.</li><li>The duty or function of an agent.</li><li>The relationship between a principal and an agent: Investment firms must incentivize proper agency so that fund managers prioritize the investor’s interests over their own.</li><li>The state of being in action or of exerting power; operation: the agency of divine Providence.</li><li>The capacity to act or exert power: We may have our free agency, but we are responsible for our choices.</li><li>A means of exerting power or influence; instrumentality: nominated by the agency of friends.</li><li>Synonyms: intercession.</li></ul>