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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

agenzia privata

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a.dʒɛnˈt͡si.a priˈva.ta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Private agency/ˈpraɪ.vət ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Hanno assunto un'agenzia privata per gestire le pubbliche relazioni."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A nongovernmental business or organization that provides a particular service to the public or to corporate clients.

    "The company hired a private agency to handle their international recruitment and background checks."
  2. 2

    An independent commercial enterprise operating for profit to deliver specialized professional services, investigations, or representation.

    "She enlisted a private agency specialized in intellectual property protection to safeguard their new software."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'private', derived from Latin 'privatus' meaning set apart or personal, and 'agency', originating from Latin 'agentia', denoting action or an office of an agent. Together, the compound phrase emerged in modern administrative and economic contexts to describe non-governmental organizations or commercial firms providing specialized services.

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