"job center" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: job centers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} job center (plural job centers)
  1. (business) An agency, often a government agency, that tries to find a job for working-age people. Tags: US Categories (topical): Business Synonyms: job centre [Commonwealth, Ireland] Translations (agency): бюро по труда (bjuro po truda) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 職業介紹所 (Chinese Mandarin), 职业介绍所 (zhíyè jièshàosuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), työvoimatoimisto (Finnish), Arbeitsamt [neuter] (German), Jobcenter [neuter] (German), Arbeitsmarktservice [Austria, masculine] (German), jabionad [masculine] (Irish), pośredniak [masculine] (Polish), urząd pracy [masculine] (Polish), zavod za zaposlovanje [masculine] (Slovene), oficina de empleo [feminine] (Spanish), arbetsförmedling [common-gender] (Swedish), iş ve işçi bulma kurumu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-job_center-en-noun-NYnUpRHb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: business

Inflected forms

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