Noun

(agencies)

The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power; action or activity; operation.

The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.

A person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved: instrumentality, means.

The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.

An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.

A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Central Intelligence Agency

Noun

(en noun)

An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.

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, author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}

Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?

One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.

Anything that can be chosen.

The best or most preferable part.

* Milton

The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.

Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination.

* Francis Bacon

I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice .

(obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.

(Shakespeare)