service agency
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- noun
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agencia de servicios
- If you know of a problem with child sexual abuse, please contact your local law enforcement or social service agency.
- social service agency
- human services agency
- community service agency
Examples
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Seek the assistance of a debt management or credit counselor, available through many social service agencies.
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Neal said that there's a huge cost benefit associated with using pretrial service agencies.
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Ralph Ferguson works in a Social Service agency in Long Island.
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Carol still works for a Social Service agency and lives in Hell's Kitchen.
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Child welfare cannot resolve this issue alone; it will take the commitment of other service agencies, the courts, and communities to facilitate positive change.
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Intervention programs that are developed jointly by both schools and social service agencies and implemented simultaneously at home and school are needed.
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Most children served by the shelter (approximately 350 youth per year) are referred by parents or local service agencies.
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The definition of public accommodations includes day care centers, homeless shelters, and food banks or other social service agencies.
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HARC stresses the need for collaboration among social services agencies and animal control and protection services as a critical preventive strategy.
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The social service agency provides job training programs to help individuals find employment.
Synonyms
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3.0
A business or organization that provides services for other people
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A group in an area that helps local people with services
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A company that does work for people or other companies for money
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A company that does special work for other businesses for a fee, like paying workers or printing
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a business that provides specialized services to clients' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'service' (assistance offered) with 'agency' (a firm offering services). This simple noun–noun composition follows common cross‑linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun service agency combines service, meaning help for someone, and agency, a group that 'acts for' others; imagine a small office of helpers doing tasks for many clients. Because one agency helps many clients, it can do special work and often save clients money. That's why service agency means a business you hire to do certain services and pay for.