instrumentality+agency
21instrumentality — noun (plural ties) Date: 1651 1. the quality or state of being instrumental 2. means, agency …
22instrumentality — /in streuh men tal i tee/, n., pl. instrumentalities for 1, 3. 1. the quality or state of being instrumental. 2. the fact or function of serving some purpose. 3. a means or agency. [1645 55; INSTRUMENTAL + ITY] * * * …
23Instrumentality — An organization that serves a public purpose and is closely tied to federal and/or state government, but is not a government agency. Many instrumentalities are private companies, and some are chartered directly by state or federal government.… …
24agency — Synonyms and related words: action, activity, agent, agentship, antecedent, assignment, atelier, authority, authorization, barbershop, barter, bartering, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, brevet, brokerage, butcher shop, buying and selling, care …
25instrumentality — Synonyms and related words: agency, agent, channel, device, energy, expedient, force, going between, instrument, instrumentation, intermediation, machinery, mean, mechanism, mediation, medium, might, ministry, organ, power, recourse, resort,… …
26agency — n. 1. Intervention, instrumentality, mediation, means, action, operation, force, influence, procurement. 2. Charge, direction, management, superintendence, supervision …
27instrumentality — n. Agency, mediation, intervention …
28agency — n 1. company, concern, firm, house, organization, bureau, institution, corporation. 2. action, activity, operation, Rare. operance; performance, execution, discharge, dispatch, enactment, exercise, practice; employment, utilization, effectuation …
29instrumentality — n 1. helpfulness, helping hand, assistance, aid, ministry; conduciveness, contributiveness, help, support, patronage, advocacy, backing; aegis, auspices, good offices. 2. usefulness, utility, serviceability, serviceableness; service, action,… …
30instrumentality — in•stru•men•tal•i•ty [[t]ˌɪn strə mɛnˈtæl ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the quality or state of being instrumental 2) the fact or function of serving some purpose 3) a means or agency • Etymology: 1645–55 …
