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1. Agency
   Is a security issued by a government organization but not the treasury. These organizations include: the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac), the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae), the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae).
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2. agency
   [n] - the state of being in action or exerting power 2. [n] - an administrative unit of government 3. [n] - a business that serves other businesses
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3. Agency
   (In modelling:) A company that represents models, actors and talent of any kind. A modelling agency is responsible for representing and promoting its roster of models and booking jobs for them. Modelling agencies usually handle contracts, payments and the whole business side of the model's life. Som...
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4. Agency
   A business operated by an agent in conjunction with his/her... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/agency.htm?id=34&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of agency'>more</a>
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5. agency
   abstract description of those functions of a local system environment which are needed to support the job transfer and manipulation(JTM)service Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • D.that relationship between principal and agent which arises out of a contrac...
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6. Agency
   An authorised agent may bind his Principal (the person who authorised him) to a contract with a third party. The agent generally drops out of the picture (e.g. an estate agent who negotiates a house sale brings the contracting parties together but incurs no personal liability on the deal). A t...
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7. Agency
   This term has several possible meanings: 1. The legal relationship between a person known as an agent, who acts and contracts on behalf of another person, company or government, known as the principal. 2. The business carried out by an agent, such as in the entertainment industry. In general, the pr...
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8. Agency
   A'gen·cy noun ; plural Agencies [ agentia , from Latin agens , agentis : confer French agence . See Agent .] 1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action...
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9. agency
   federal agency noun an administrative unit of government; `the Central Intelligence Agency`; `the Census Bureau`; `Office of Management and Budget`; `Tennessee Valley Authority`
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10. agency
    (a´jen-se) an organization that performs actions for other people, particularly of a service nature. home health agency a public or private organization that is primarily engaged in providing skilled or paraprofessional home health care to individuals in nonhospital settings, such as priv...
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11. Agency
    • (n.) The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another. • (n.) The place of business of am agent. • (n.) The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
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12. agency
    in law, the relationship that exists when one person or party (the principal) engages another (the agent) to act for him—e.g., to do his work, to ... [2 related articles]
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13. agency
    agency 1. An organization, especially a company, that acts as the agent, representative, or subcontractor of a person or another company. 2. An administrative division of a government or international organization; such as, a United Nations agency. 3. The building or offices where an agency is loc...
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14. Agency
    1.) Term used to describe a security issued by a U.S. Government agency. 2.) A stockbroker buying or selling a security without taking a financial risk. A broker handles the transaction between the buyer and seller for a commission. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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15. Agency
    For labor relations purposes, agency refers to any executive agency, the Veterans Canteen Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Library of Congress, and Government Printing Office, but is not to include the General Accounting Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, N...
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16. agency
    
    • an administrative unit of government
    • a business that serves other businesses
    • the state of being in action or exerting power
    • the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
    • how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
    
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17. Agency
    Contracts. An agreement, express , or implied, by which one of the parties, called the principal, confides to the other, denominated the agent, the management of some business; to be transacted in his name, or on his account, and by which the agent assumes to do the business and to render an account...
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18. Agency
    n. antitrust or competition laws are laws which prohibit anti-competitive or unfair business practices. The term "antitrust" derives from the U.S. law which was originally formulated to combat "business trusts". Most antitrust activity affects such areas as, Bid rigging, Monopolization and oligopolization, Price fixing, Tying Ve...
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19. Agency
    An Agency relationship is one in which one person is empowered to act on behalf of another, subject to the control and consent of the person being represented.
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20. Agency
    Is a security issued by a government organization but not the treasury. These organizations include: the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac), the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae), the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae).
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21. Agency
    (philosophy) In philosophy and sociology, `Agency` is the capacity of an agent (a person or other entity) to act in a world. In philosophy, the agency is considered as belonging to that agent even if that agent represents a fictitious character, or some other non-existent entity. The capacity...
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22. Agency
    (sociology) In the social sciences, `agency` refers to the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. By contrast, "Structure" refers to those factors (such as social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, customs, etc) which seem to limit the indi...
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