Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A delegated agency.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A subordinate agency.
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- noun An
agency that issubordinate to, or part of, another.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It applies to just about every state, county or city agency, department, subagency, or any other entity that makes decisions or adopts rules relating to public matters.
Facebook vs. face to face: Preserving the integrity of open meetings in the Net era 2009
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Among other process issues related to the timing and lead up to the announcement of a new National Monument, Babbitt established a new subagency within the Bureau, called the National Landscape Conservation System, to be responsible for managing National Monuments and wilderness areas.
A Visionary Act 2006
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Siletz agency in the north, and the Alsea subagency in the south.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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In practice, these staffing agencies become like pilot fish attaching themselves to federal agency and subagency sharks.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local niko 2010
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In practice, these staffing agencies become like pilot fish attaching themselves to federal agency and subagency sharks.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local niko 2010
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In practice, these staffing agencies become like pilot fish attaching themselves to federal agency and subagency sharks.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local ConservativeProf 2010
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"We've asked the subagency to fix them immediately," Candrian said, adding that a visitor was reportedly injured after being electrocuted several days ago.
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The child and seven others who caught the disease in early April, have since recuperated, according to Ani Rubiani, head of the Depok subagency of environmental health and disease control.
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Lloyd Easterling, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a DHS subagency, said,
Signs of the Times 2009
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Lloyd Easterling, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a DHS subagency, said,
Signs of the Times 2009
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