agencies

Groups representing others

Agencies is the plural of agency.

An agency is an organization that provides a service or performs a function on behalf of others: employment agencies, travel agencies, government agencies.

The word also means the capacity to act or exert power: human agency, moral agency.

When something happens through the agency of someone, they serve as the instrument or means.

organizations

bureaus

Administrative divisions or dressers

institutions · corporations · entities · establishments · NGOs · enterprises · multinationals · consortiums · conglomerates · syndicates

authority

jurisdiction

Legal authority's scope

regulation · enforcement · power · control · autonomy · competence · delegation · legislation · compliance · authorization

representation

advocacy

Pleading for a cause

ambassador · delegate · envoy · intermediary · negotiator · proxy · emissary · broker · mediator · liaison

services

assistance

Support or aid given

support · consultation · outreach · provision · aid · rehabilitation · therapy · adoption · childcare · homecare

collective

collaboration

Joint intellectual work

consortium · federation · partnership · union · confederation · guild · league · association · cooperation · coordination

Categories
Opposites
causal power

agenciesends

Termini or concludes

passivity · powerlessness · objects · recipients · outcomes

organizational independence

agenciesprincipals

Chief school administrators

clients · headquarters · governing bodies · puppets · pawns

institutional structure

agenciesindividuals

Separate, distinct people

sole proprietors · freelancers · grassroots movements · self-representation · disintermediation

Phrases
Family

agent, agency, agents, interagency, subagency, agency's

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