Agency
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Agency may refer to:
- [[Agency [(country subdivision)]]
- Agency (law), refers to a person tha act on behalf of another person.
- Agency (Mormonism)
- Agency (sociology), the ability of social actors to make independent choices.
- Agency (philosophy), relating to action theory (philosophy).
- Advertising agency, a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients.
- Employment agency, a business that serves as a representative, acting on behalf of another.
- Free agency, the availability status of a rostered player on a team or franchise who is a free agent.
- Government 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.
- Moral agency, capacity for making moral judgments.
- Structure and agency, ability of an actor to organize future situations and resource distribution.
- Agency (film), a 1980 film starring Lee Majors.
- bond (finance), a debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt.
Organizations
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), colloquially called "the Agency"
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA), colloquially called "the Agency"
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (when context allows this abbreviation without ambiguity; official term for internal use)
Places
- Agency, Iowa, USA
- Agency, Missouri, USA
- Agency, Montana, USA