agency : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients
  ad agency.
  

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• noun an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients
  ad agency.
  

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• noun a security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit System
  government security.
  

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• noun any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
  causal agent; cause.
  

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• noun an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council
  CIA.
  

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• noun an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children
  child welfare service.
  

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• noun an organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms
  commercial agency.
  
  • Dun & Bradstreet is the largest mercantile agency in the United States

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• noun the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11
  DARPA.
  

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• noun a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  DISA.
  

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• noun an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition
  DIA.
  

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• noun a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions
  

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• noun an agency that makes inquiries for its clients
  

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• noun federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
  Drug Enforcement Administration; DEA.
  

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• noun an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people
  employment office.
  

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• noun an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
  EPA.
  

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• noun an agency of the executive branch of government
  

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• noun an administrative unit of government
  office; agency; authority; bureau; federal agency.
  
  • the Central Intelligence Agency
  • the Census Bureau
  • Office of Management and Budget
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

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• noun an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
  FAA.
  

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• noun an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
  FEMA.
  

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• noun (sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play for any team
  

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• the capacity or power of choosing or acting freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will.

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• noun an administrative unit of government
  office; agency; authority; bureau; federal agency.
  
  • the Central Intelligence Agency
  • the Census Bureau
  • Office of Management and Budget
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

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• noun an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments
  

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• noun a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
  intelligence; intelligence service.
  

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• noun the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy
  IAEA.
  

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• noun an intelligence agency outside the United States
  

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• noun an international administrative unit responsible for law enforcement
  

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• noun an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws
  

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• noun an organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms
  commercial agency.
  
  • Dun & Bradstreet is the largest mercantile agency in the United States

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• an agency for procuring information of the standing and credit of merchants in different parts of the country, for the use of dealers who sell to them.

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• noun an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value
  military intelligence.
  

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• noun a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security
  NGA.
  

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• noun the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
  NSA.
  

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• noun an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically
  press association; wire service; news organization; news agency; news organisation.
  

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• noun an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically
  press association; wire service; news organization; news agency; news organisation.
  

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• noun a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
  regulatory authority.
  

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• noun an administrative agency of the Russian government
  

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• noun a business that makes its facilities available to others for a fee; achieves economy of scale
  service bureau; service firm.
  

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• an agency confined to some particular matter.

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• noun an agency that arranges personal travel
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations
  UN agency.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations
  UN agency.
  

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• noun an intelligence service in the United States
  

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