agency

• "the Central Intelligence Agency"
• "the Census Bureau"
• "Office of Management and Budget"
• "Tennessee Valley Authority"

Synonyms

• federal agencyan administrative unit of government
• government agencyan administrative unit of government
• bureauan administrative unit of government; furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
• officeplace of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; an administrative unit of government; the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; professional or clerical workers in an office; a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; a job in an organization
• authoritythe power or right to give orders or make decisions; (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; an expert whose views are taken as definitive; freedom from doubt; an administrative unit of government; official permission or approval; an authoritative written work

• "the agency of providence"
• "she has free agency"

Synonyms

• representationa presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image ; a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something ; the act of representing; the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent ; a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; a performance of a play ; a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body ; an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent
• delegacythe state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent ; a group of representatives or delegates ; the appointment of a delegate

• "a means of control"
• "an example is the best agency of instruction"
• "the true way to success"

Synonyms

• meansthing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end; an instrumentality for accomplishing some end ; considerable capital (wealth or income)
• wayto a great degree or by a great distance; how something is done or how it happens; thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end; a line leading to a place or point; the condition of things generally; a course of conduct; any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; a journey or passage; space for movement; the property of distance in general; doing as one pleases or chooses; a general category of things; a portion of something divided into shares