Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Involving or representing two or more agencies, especially government agencies.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or acts of one acting as an interagent; intermediate agency.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Intermediate agency.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Between or among agencies.
  • noun intermediate agency

Etymologies

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From inter- +‎ agency.

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Examples

  • (d) Developing a memorandum of understanding among the agencies to encourage long-term interagency coordination and cooperation to further the spirit and intent of the National Trails System Act and related programs.

    Executive Order On Trails For America In The 21st Century Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2001

  • “I would hardly call interagency cooperation a matter of playing nice.”

    Terror At Dawn Douglass, Keith 2003

  • For a daily updated recording about the spring burning program, call the interagency prescribed fire information number at 618-2354 or 1-800-267-3126.

    MailTribune.com Latest Headlines 2009

  • So-called interagency agreements reduced the governor's office budget by more than $700,000 last year, about 19 percent.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2009

  • This means a small military footprint and fewer bases and a fully coordinated "interagency" and international effort.

    In This Case, Rumsfeld Was Right William M. Arkin 2008

  • This kind of interagency fighting seems to outsiders like me to be frustratingly parochial — a mere battle among agency players for power, turf, jurisdiction, etc.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » 2009 » July 2009

  • This kind of interagency fighting seems to outsiders like me to be frustratingly parochial — a mere battle among agency players for power, turf, jurisdiction, etc.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Derivatives on Exchanges: 2009

  • Africom's "interagency" makeup was trumpeted as a better way to meet the continent's development needs.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • This means a small military footprint and fewer bases and a fully coordinated "interagency" and international effort.

    In This Case, Rumsfeld Was Right William M. Arkin 2008

  • Instead, it reorganized all federal government climate research efforts in 2002 into an "interagency" creature known as the "Climate Change Science Program CCSP."

    Who Ate The Homework? Beach Blogger 2005

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