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Definition of: agency
(ā′jən·sē) noun plural ·cies
1. Active power or operation; activity.
2. Means; instrumentality.
3. The relation of an agent to his principal.
4. The business, office, or place of business, of an agent.
5. Any establishment where business is done for others. See synonyms under OPERATION. [<L agentia <agere do]
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