transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈā-jən(t)-sē ]
noun
( plural -cies )
Date: 1640
1.
a. : the office or function of an agent
b. : the relationship between a principal and that person's agent
2. : the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power : operation
3. : a person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved : instrumentality
communicated through the agency of the ambassador
4. : an establishment engaged in doing business for another
an advertising agency
5. : an administrative division (as of a government)
the agency for consumer protection