agency noun (ORGANIZATION)
B1 [ C ] a business that represents one group of people when dealing with another group:
an advertising/employment/estate/travel agency
C1 [ C ] a government organization:
the Central Intelligence Agency
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- The advertising agency secured the contract on the back of their previous successful campaigns.
- The holiday was cancelled so the travel agency had to refund everybody the price of the tickets.
- The duty of the agency is to act in the best interests of the child.
- For several years she operated a dating agency from her basement flat.
- The agency was not accredited by the Philippine Consulate to offer contracts to Filipinos abroad.
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