agency

/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/noun

A business that provides a service or acts on behalf of other people or companies, or the office where it operates.

Example sentence

“She found her job through an employment agency.”

Has a second, abstract sense worth knowing: a person's capacity to act and choose for themselves, as in "human agency".

Related words

branchA woody limb that grows out from a tree's trunk and often splits into smaller parts.firmA company run as a business partnership, or the name under which it does business.headquartersThe main office from which an organization is run.companyA business organization that the law treats as its own person, able to hold property and take part in lawsuits under its own name.cubicleA small enclosed section of a larger room, often serving as an individual workspace in an office.corporationAn organization that the law recognizes as its own entity, existing apart from its members and holding rights and debts separate from theirs.