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.
Administrative divisions or dressers
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
- officesProfessional work spaces
- firmsCommercial enterprises or solidifies
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
corporations · entities · establishments · NGOs · enterprises · multinationals · consortiums · conglomerates
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
enforcement · power · control · autonomy · competence · delegation · legislation · compliance
Pleading for a cause
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
delegate · envoy · intermediary · negotiator · proxy · emissary · broker · mediator
Support or aid given
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- supportTo uphold or sustain
consultation · outreach · provision · aid · rehabilitation · therapy · adoption · childcare
Joint intellectual work
- networkInterconnected system
- allianceFormal union of parties
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
federation · partnership · union · confederation · guild · league · association · cooperation
bureaus
Administrative divisions or dressers
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
- officesProfessional work spaces
- firmsCommercial enterprises or solidifies
institutions · corporations · entities · establishments · NGOs · enterprises · multinationals · consortiums · conglomerates · syndicates
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
regulation · enforcement · power · control · autonomy · competence · delegation · legislation · compliance · authorization
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
ambassador · delegate · envoy · intermediary · negotiator · proxy · emissary · broker · mediator · liaison
assistance
Support or aid given
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- welfareComfort and prosperity
support · consultation · outreach · provision · aid · rehabilitation · therapy · adoption · childcare · homecare
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
consortium · federation · partnership · union · confederation · guild · league · association · cooperation · coordination
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- civil servicecivil servants, bureaucrat, civil servant, administrator, clerk
- debt collectiondebt collection, garnishment, late payments, debt collector, delinquent accounts
- federal budgetfederal budget, appropriations, deficit, national budget, surplus
agenciesends
Termini or concludes
passivity · powerlessness · objects · recipients · outcomes
agenciesprincipals
Chief school administrators
clients · headquarters · governing bodies · puppets · pawns
agenciesindividuals
Separate, distinct people
sole proprietors · freelancers · grassroots movements · self-representation · disintermediation
- welfare agenciesBodies administering public aid
- government agenciesState-run administrative bodies
- intelligence agenciesGovernment surveillance and espionage organizations
- travel agenciesBusinesses arranging trips
- temp agenciesBusinesses supplying short-term workers
- collection agenciesFirms recovering unpaid debts