causal agent
cause
causal agency | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results |
| credit | used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise, she already had several performances to her credit |
credit
course credit | recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed, typically measured in semester hours |
semester hour
credit hour | a unit of academic credit, one hour a week for an academic semester |
means
agency
way | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved, a means of control, an example is the best agency of instruction, the true way to success |
| commercial bribery | bribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction |
commercial enterprise
business enterprise
business | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects, computers are now widely used in business |
business activity
commercial activity | activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise |
| commercial art | art used for commercial purposes (as in advertising) |
credit rating
credit | an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments |
| credit system | a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit |
| credit | an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work, the credits were given at the end of the film |
by-line
credit line | a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article |
commercial document
commercial instrument | a document of or relating to commerce |
| credit application | an application for a line of credit |
credit order
bill-me order | an order that is received without payment, requires billing at a later date |
| full faith and credit | a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt, usually issued by the United States Treasury |
recognition
credit | approval, give her recognition for trying, he was given credit for his work, give her credit for trying |
citation cite
acknowledgment credit reference mention quotation | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage, the student's essay failed to list several important citations, the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book, the article includes mention of similar clinical cases |
| photo credit | a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph |
| commercial treaty | a treaty governing commerce between two or more nations |
commercial
commercial message | a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television |
| agency | a business that serves other businesses |
| commercial enterprise | an enterprise connected with commerce |
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA | an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment |
| executive agency | an agency of the executive branch of government |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA | an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities |
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest, headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DARPA | the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense, responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since
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Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug Enforcement Agency
DEA | federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances, goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations |
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA | an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation |
| credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings |
United Nations agency
UN agency | an agency of the United Nations |
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA | the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy |
agency
federal agency
government agency
bureau
office authority | an administrative unit of government, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, Tennessee Valley Authority |
| independent agency | an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
intelligence
intelligence service
intelligence agency | a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy |
military intelligence
military intelligence agency | an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value |
| United States intelligence agency | an intelligence service in the United States |
Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA | an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense, is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition |
| Defense Logistics Agency | a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense, provides worldwide support for military missions |
| international intelligence agency | an intelligence agency outside the United States |
| international law enforcement agency | an international administrative unit responsible for law enforcement |
National Security Agency
NSA | the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information |
| law enforcement agency | an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws |
regulatory agency
regulatory authority | a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest |
advertising agency
ad agency | an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients |
| credit bureau | a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee |
| detective agency | an agency that makes inquiries for its clients |
employment agency
employment office | an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people |