{
    "term": "agency",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially when representing other businesses or organizations",
            "sensetop": "through an agency",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She works for an **advertising agency**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He managed to find a job through an agency.",
                    "contextForm": "through an agency"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've signed up with a temping agency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["official", "federal", "government"],
                "preposition": ["through an/​the agency"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a government department that provides a particular service",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**law enforcement agencies**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some laboratories are operated by **government agencies**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["official", "federal", "government"],
                "preposition": ["through an/​the agency"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "as a result of the action of somebody/something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He obtained his position through the agency of an old friend."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪdʒənsi/",
                "audio": "ag/agency/agency__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪdʒənsi/",
                "audio": "ag/agency/agency__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’, from agere."
}