Antonyms for agency

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ey-juhn-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ dʒən si

Definition of agency

Origin : 1650s, "active operation," from Medieval Latin agentia, noun of state from Latin agentem (nominative agens) "effective, powerful," present participle of agere (see act (n.)). Meaning "establishment where business is done for another" first recorded 1861.

noun organization, often business-related
noun power, instrumentality

Example sentences :

But the change had been effected among these by the agency of extreme want.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

He fell to them with only a perfunctory acknowledgment of my agency in procuring them.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

Perkins came to him, Perkins who had an agency in Manchester.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

What shall be done with an agency so fierce and absorbing as this?
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

There has been a 'flare-up' about money between Cashel and him, and it is said he 'll lose the agency.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

We have too much faith in Mr. Boyne and his agency for that.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

But your agency is retained—regularly, year by year—by our bank.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

If ever a poor devil was flabbergasted, it was the head of the Boyne agency at that moment.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

It was the day I got my appointment to the agency, Mr. L'Estrange.
Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever

I knew her and I also knew that she kept a servants' agency.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Synonyms for agency

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