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agency
Noun
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An agency is a group of people called agents working together, or a place where agents work.
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# An agency is a company (business) which usually represents other people. The people at the agency work as agents to represent (stand for) their customers.
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#:Our agency works to help people find jobs in music.
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# Agency is a company that does something specific.
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#:Our ad agency has made advertisements for many important businesses.
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# An agency is a certain part of a government.
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#:He works for the real CIA, the actual Central Intelligence Agency.
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Agency is the ability to do something.
business
Noun
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Business is the buying and selling of things or services.
I am in the business of catching fish and selling them.
The tax changes will be hard for small business.
It's difficult to learn good business practices on your own.
The company is a leader in the banking business.
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A business is a group that does business; a company.
Many businesses use computers.
Darren became half owner of the family business.
He was a silent partner in the printing business.
It was the perfect place for a start-up business.
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Business is the things that you have to do.
They went on with business as usual.
We have one more piece of unfinished business to look at before we leave.