talent |ˈtalənt|

noun

1 natural aptitude or skill : he possesses more talent than any other player | she displayed a talent for garden design.

people possessing such aptitude or skill : I signed all the talent in Rome | Simon is a talent to watch.

informal people regarded as sexually attractive or as prospective sexual partners : most Saturday nights I have this urge to go on the hunt for new talent.

2 a former weight and unit of currency, used esp. by the ancient Romans and Greeks.



management |ˈmanijmənt|

noun

1 the process of dealing with or controlling things or people : the management of elk herds.

the responsibility for and control of a company or similar organization : the management of a great metropolitan newspaper | a successful career in management.

[treated as sing. or pl. ] the people in charge of running a company or organization, regarded collectively : management was extremely cooperative.

Medicine & Psychiatry the treatment or control of diseases, injuries, or disorders, or the care of patients who suffer from them : the use of combination chemotherapy in the management of breast cancer.


2 archaic trickery; deceit : if there has been any management in the business, it has been concealed from me.



agency |ˈājənsē|

noun

1 [often with adj. ] a business or organization established to provide a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties : an advertising agency | aid agencies.

a department or body providing a specific service for a government or similar organization : the Environmental Protection Agency.


2 action or intervention, esp. such as to produce a particular effect : canals carved by the agency of running water | a belief in various forms of supernatural agency.

a  thing or person that acts to produce a particular result : the movies could be an agency molding the values of the public.



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