"employment agency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: employment agencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} employment agency (plural employment agencies)
  1. An organisation that matches employers to employees. Wikipedia link: employment agency Translations (organisation that matches employers to employees): وَكَالَة تَوْظِيف (wakālat tawẓīf) [feminine] (Arabic), 職業介紹所 (Chinese Mandarin), 职业介绍所 (zhíyè jièshàosuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), jobcenter [formal, neuter] (Danish), arbejdsanvisning [archaic, common-gender] (Danish), arbejdsløshedskontor [neuter] (Danish), rekrutteringsbureau (english: private recruitment agency) [neuter] (Danish), työnvälitystoimisto (Finnish), agence pour l’emploi [feminine] (French), axencia de emprego [feminine] (Galician), Jobbörse [feminine] (German), Arbeitsamt [neuter] (German), 職業紹介所 (shokugyō-shōkaisho) (alt: しょくぎょうしょうかいしょ) (Japanese), 직업 소개소 (jigeop sogaeso) (alt: 職業紹介所) (Korean), pośredniak [masculine] (Polish), urząd pracy [masculine] (Polish), agência de emprego [feminine] (Portuguese), agência de empregos [feminine] (Portuguese), ка́дровое аге́нтство (kádrovoje agéntstvo) [neuter] (Russian), центр за́нятости (centr zánjatosti) [masculine] (Russian), би́ржа труда́ (bírža trudá) [feminine] (Russian), бюро́ по трудоустро́йству (bjuró po trudoustrójstvu) [neuter] (Russian), рекру́тинговое аге́нтство (rekrútingovoje agéntstvo) [neuter] (Russian), agencia de empleo [feminine] (Spanish), cơ quan việc làm (Vietnamese)

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      "word": "职业介绍所"
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      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "axencia de emprego"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Jobbörse"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "word": "職業紹介所"
    },
    {
      "alt": "職業紹介所",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jigeop sogaeso",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "word": "직업 소개소"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pośredniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "urząd pracy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agência de emprego"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agência de empregos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kádrovoje agéntstvo",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ка́дровое аге́нтство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "centr zánjatosti",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "центр за́нятости"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bírža trudá",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "би́ржа труда́"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bjuró po trudoustrójstvu",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бюро́ по трудоустро́йству"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rekrútingovoje agéntstvo",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рекру́тинговое аге́нтство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agencia de empleo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "organisation that matches employers to employees",
      "word": "cơ quan việc làm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "employment agency"
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