aid agency
noun[C]
ukusanorganizationthatprovidesmoney,food,medicine, or othersuppliesinordertohelppeopleorcountriesthat aresuffering:
Aidagencieslaunchedfinancialappealsandpreparedemergencyteamstoflyin toassessthescaleof thedisaster.
Examplesofaid agency
aid agency
It is an internationalaidagencyworking to alleviate poverty and suffering in developing countries.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is the first time a national government has sued anaidagency.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.According to officials with theaidagency, over three-fourths of the area's population is now in dire need of food supplies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the height of its territorial control it implemented a system ofaidagencyregulation, taxation and surveillance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The list consisted of business leaders, writers, academics, doctors, campaigners,aidagencyfounders, lords, lawyers, authors, sporting icons, to giants of industry, actors, journalists and police officers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The extremely liberal declassification rules have allowed graduate students intoaidagencyand foreign ministry archives up to the mid-1990s.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Let me repeat that at present there is noaidagencywhich could deal with 500 000 people in just a few days.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I took one of them across to talk with the officials from theaidagency.
From the
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I repeat that everyaidagencyhas asked for a pause.
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But it does not operate as anaidagencypure and simple in terms of giving away money in support of good projects.
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