noun
a unit with administrative responsibilities
• Syn: ↑administrative unit
• Hypernyms: ↑unit, ↑social unit
• Hyponyms:
↑Inland Revenue, ↑IR, ↑Ordnance Survey, ↑division, ↑United Nations agency, ↑UN agency, ↑council, ↑secretariat, ↑secretariate, ↑committee, ↑commission, ↑agency, ↑federal agency, ↑government agency, ↑bureau, ↑office, ↑authority, ↑intelligence, ↑intelligence service, ↑intelligence agency, ↑international law enforcement agency, ↑redevelopment authority, ↑regulatory agency, ↑regulatory authority, ↑weather bureau, ↑placement office, ↑placement center, ↑child welfare agency, ↑child welfare service, ↑Russian agency
Useful english dictionary. 2012.