agencies'
Belonging to multiple organizations
Agencies' is the possessive form of the plural agencies, indicating something belonging to or associated with multiple agencies: The agencies' budgets were cut across the board.
It appears most often in government and business contexts where several organizations share something: federal agencies' guidelines, advertising agencies' clients.
Subdivisions of an organization
- bureausAdministrative divisions or dressers
- ministriesGovernment administrative divisions
- officesProfessional work spaces
- administrationsGoverning bodies in power
authorities · commissions · regulatory · federal · state · municipal · oversight · public
Commercial enterprises or solidifies
- companiesBusiness entities
- businessesCommercial enterprises collectively
- clientsThose receiving professional services
- accountsRecords of transactions
contracts · services · fees · portfolios · consultancies · advertising · marketing · recruitment
Providing personnel for positions
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- headhuntersExecutive talent seekers
- tempProvisional worker, briefly
hiring · candidates · positions · resumes · interviews · vacancies · matching · workforce
Those who execute missions
- covertIntentionally concealed
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- counterintelligenceDefense against enemy espionage
classified · informants · handlers · stations · assets · reconnaissance · clandestine · operations
Scheduled future commitments
- itinerariesPlanned travel schedules
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
- toursGuided sightseeing expeditions
- packagesWrapped items for shipping
destinations · tickets · accommodations · excursions · cruises · holidays · flights · hotels
Authorized substitute
- representationDepiction or likeness
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
guardianship · executors · principals · delegation · attorneys · acting · behalf · mandates
departments
Subdivisions of an organization
- bureausAdministrative divisions or dressers
- ministriesGovernment administrative divisions
- officesProfessional work spaces
administrations · authorities · commissions · regulatory · federal · state · municipal · oversight · public · policy
firms
Commercial enterprises or solidifies
- companiesBusiness entities
- businessesCommercial enterprises collectively
- clientsThose receiving professional services
accounts · contracts · services · fees · portfolios · consultancies · advertising · marketing · recruitment · talent
staffing
Providing personnel for positions
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- headhuntersExecutive talent seekers
temp · hiring · candidates · positions · resumes · interviews · vacancies · matching · workforce · employers
operatives
Those who execute missions
- covertIntentionally concealed
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
counterintelligence · classified · informants · handlers · stations · assets · reconnaissance · clandestine · operations · briefings
bookings
Scheduled future commitments
- itinerariesPlanned travel schedules
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
- toursGuided sightseeing expeditions
packages · destinations · tickets · accommodations · excursions · cruises · holidays · flights · hotels · arrangements
proxy
Authorized substitute
- representationDepiction or likeness
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
trustees · guardianship · executors · principals · delegation · attorneys · acting · behalf · mandates · appointees
agencies'agency's
Of an organization
bureau's · department's · organization's · firm's · office's
agencies'principals
Chief school administrators
clients · individuals · constituents · employers · persons
- 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