instrumentality+agency
11Agency — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Agency >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 agency agency operation force working strain function office maintenance exercise work swing play Sgm: N 1 interworking i …
12agency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Means of producing effects Nouns 1. (act of an agent) agency, operation; working, power, function; office, exercise, play, work; interworking, interaction; causality, causation (See cause);… …
13instrumentality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Means to an end Nouns 1. instrumentality; instrument, aid; subservience, subserviency; vehicle, hand, expedient (see plan); means, agency. 2. (means) stepping stone; [master or skeleton] key, latchkey,… …
14agency — /ay jeuhn see/, n., pl. agencies. 1. an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency. 2. a company having a franchise to represent another. 3. a governmental bureau, or an office that represents it. 4 …
15agency — noun /ˈeː.ʤən.si/ a) The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. Woodward. b) The office of an agent, or factor; the… …
16instrumentality — An agency, a means of accomplishment. See dangerous instrumentality; federal instrumentality …
17agency — /ˈeɪdʒənsi / (say ayjuhnsee) noun (plural agencies) 1. a commercial or other organisation furnishing some form of service for the public: an advertising agency; an employment agency. 2. the place of business of an agent. 3. the office of agent;… …
18agency — noun (plural cies) Date: 1640 1. a. the office or function of an agent b. the relationship between a principal and that person s agent 2. the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power ; …
19instrumentality — notes issued by a federal agency whose obligations are guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the government, even though the agency s responsibilities are not necessarily those of the U.S. government. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
20agency — a•gen•cy [[t]ˈeɪ dʒən si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) an organization, company, or bureau that provides a particular service: a welfare agency[/ex] 2) gov a government bureau or administrative division 3) a company having a franchise to represent another… …
