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Agency (country subdivision)
Agency (law)
Agency (law)
Agency is an area of commercial law dealing with a contractual or quasi-contractual tripartite, or non-contractual set of relationships when an agent is authorized to act on behalf of another to create a legal relationship with a Third Party...
, the status of a person who acts for another person.
Agency (Mormonism)
Agency (Mormonism)
Agency , in Latter-day Saint theology, is "the privilege of choice which was introduced by God the Eternal Father to all of his spirit children in the premortal state". Mortal life is viewed as a test of faith, where our choices are central to the Plan of Salvation...
Agency (sociology)
Agency (sociology)
In the social sciences, agency refers to the capacity of individual humans to act independently and to make their own free choices. By contrast, "Structure" refers to those factors which seem to limit or influence the opportunities that individuals have....
, the ability of social actors to make independent choices
Agency (philosophy), relating to action theory (philosophy)
Employment agency
Employment agency
An employment agency is an organisation which matches employers to employees. In all developed countries there is a publicly funded employment agency and multiple private businesses which also act as employment agencies.-Public employment agencies:...
, a business that serves as a representative, acting on behalf of another,
Free agency
Free agency
Free agency can be:* Agency , a Latter-day Saint term for the privilege of choice.* Free will* A sports term, free agent....
, the availability status of a rostered player on a team or franchise who is a
free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player, whose contract with a team has expired, who's eligible to sign with another franchise. The term came into wide use in North America after sports leagues stopped using a "reserve clause" after much acrimonious collective bargaining, which provided a...
Government agency
Government agency
A government agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of types of agency...
, a department of a local or national government responsible for the oversight and administration of a specific function
International agency, an inter-governmental body
News agency
News agency
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to organizations in the news trade: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire or news service.-History:The oldest news agency is...
Moral agency
Moral agency
Moral agency is a person's responsibility for making moral judgments and taking actions that comport with morality.A Moral agent is "a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong" - Development and analysis :...
, capacity for making moral judgments.
Structure and agency
Structure and agency
The debate surrounding the influence of structure and agency on human thought and behaviour is one of the central issues in sociology and other social sciences. In this context "agency" refers to the capacity of individual humans to act independently and to make their own free choices. "Structure"...
, ability of an actor to organize future situations and resource distribution.
Agency
(film), a 1980 film starring
Lee Majors
Lee Majors
Lee Majors is an American actor, primarily known for several high profile roles on television in the 1960s, '70s and '80s....
bond (finance)
Bond (finance)
In finance, a bond is a debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and, depending on the terms of the bond, is obliged to pay interest and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed maturity...
, a debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt
Organizations
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government.It is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior United States policymakers....
(CIA), colloquially called "the Agency"
Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is a Government agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating and supervising the safety of foods, tobacco products, dietary supplements, Medication drugs, vaccines, Biopharmaceutical, blood transfusion,...
(FDA), colloquially called "the Agency"
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for military purposes. It was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
(IAEA) (when context allows this abbreviation without ambiguity; official term for internal use)