Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Agency \A"gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Agencies}. [agentia, fr. L. agens,
agentis: cf. F. agence. See {Agent}.]
1. 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.
2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a
principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with
the concerns of another.
3. The place of business of am agent.
Syn: Action; operation; efficiency; management.