ETYM agentia, from Latin agens, agentis: cf. French agence. Related to Agent.
1. A business that serves other businesses.
2. An administrative unit of government; SYN. government agency, bureau, office, authority.
3. The state of being in action or exerting power.
4. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
5. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved + prikaži više

1. A subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
2. An artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end; SYN. instrumentation.
3. The quality of being instrumental for some purpose.

ETYM Old Eng. mediacioun, French médiation. Related to Mediate.
1. Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party; SYN. arbitration.
2. The act of mediating; SYN. intermediation.
Technical term in G W F Hegel's philosophy, and in Marxist philosophy influenced by Hegel, describing the way in which an entity is defined through its relations to other entities. + prikaži više

1. Contact established between applicants and prospective employees
2. The spatial property of the way in which something is placed:; SYN. arrangement.

1. The act of appointing another as one's agent or attorney; the authority vested in one so appointed
2. The action of obtaining something (as supplies); procurement

ETYM Contr. from procuracy. Related to Proctor.
1. A person authorized to act for another; SYN. procurator.
2. A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting.
Authority giving person power to vote, etc. on behalf of another; such an authorized person.
In law, a person authorized to stand in another's place; also the document conferring this right. The term usually refers to voting at meetings, but marriages by proxy are possible. + prikaži više