"dating agency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dating agencies [plural]
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  1. A business providing a service allowing people to meet each other for romantic outings. Wikipedia link: dating agency Translations (business): 婚姻介紹所 (Chinese Mandarin), 婚姻介绍所 (hūnyīn jièshào suǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 婚介所 (hūnjièsuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), seznamovací kancelář [feminine] (Czech), seznamovací agentura [feminine] (Czech), huwelijksbureau [neuter] (Dutch), seuranhakupalvelu (Finnish), treffipalvelu (Finnish), deittipalvelu (Finnish), agence de rencontres [feminine] (French), agence matrimoniale [feminine] (French), Partnervermittlungsagentur [feminine] (German), Partneragentur [feminine] (German), γραφείο γνωριμιών (grafeío gnorimión) [neuter] (Greek), 結婚相談所 (kekkon sōdansho) (alt: けっこんそうだんじょ) (Japanese), слу́жба знако́мств (slúžba znakómstv) [feminine] (Russian), бюро́ знако́мств (bjuró znakómstv) [neuter] (Russian), dejtingföretag [neuter] (Swedish), слу́жба знайо́мств (slúžba znajómstv) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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