Phrase guide

employment agency

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An organization that matches employers to employees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: job agency

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: employment office

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agency

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَكَالَة تَوْظِيف (wakālat tawẓīf) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Bulgarian: трудова борса (trudova borsa) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Bulgarian: борса на труда (borsa na truda) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Chinese Mandarin: 職業介紹所 /职业介绍所 (zhíyè jièshàosuǒ) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Danish: jobcenter — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Danish: arbejdsanvisning — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Danish: arbejdsløshedskontor — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Danish: rekrutteringsbureau — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Finnish: työnvälitystoimisto — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • French: agence pour l'emploi — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Galician: axencia de emprego — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • German: Jobbörse — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • German: Arbeitsamt — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Japanese: 職業紹介所 (shokugyō-shōkaisho) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Korean: 직업 소개소 (jigeop sogaeso) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Polish: pośredniak — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Polish: urząd pracy — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Portuguese: agência de emprego — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Portuguese: agência de empregos — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Russian: ка́дровое аге́нтство (kádrovoje agéntstvo) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Russian: центр за́нятости (centr zánjatosti) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Russian: би́ржа труда́ (bírža trudá) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Russian: бюро́ по трудоустро́йству (bjuró po trudoustrójstvu) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Russian: рекру́тинговое аге́нтство (rekrútingovoje agéntstvo) — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Spanish: agencia de empleo — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Swedish: arbetsförmedling — organisation that matches employers to employees
  • Vietnamese: cơ quan việc làm — organisation that matches employers to employees