Definition: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
Usage: a means of control; an example is the best agency of instruction; the true way to success
Similar words: implementation, effectuation
Definition: the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect
Synonyms: agency
Definition: a business that serves other businesses
Similar words: concern, business, business concern, business organisation, business organization
Definition: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
Usage: he bought his brother's business; a small mom-and-pop business; a racially integrated business concern
Synonyms: government agency, federal agency, office, bureau, authority, agency
Definition: an administrative unit of government
Usage: the Central Intelligence Agency; the Census Bureau; Office of Management and Budget; Tennessee Valley Authority
Similar words: administrative body, administrative unit
Definition: a unit with administrative responsibilities
Synonyms: delegacy, agency, representation
Definition: the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state
Synonyms: agency
Definition: the state of being in action or exerting power
Usage: the agency of providence; she has free agency
Similar words: action, activeness, activity
Definition: the state of being active
Usage: his sphere of activity; he is out of action