Phrase guide

employment contract

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A category of contract used in labor law to attribute rights and responsibilities between parties to a bargain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: human resources

Topics: business, law

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

contract between employer and employee

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: employment agreement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contract

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عقد عمل — category of contract
  • Armenian: աշխատանքային պայմանագիր (ašxatankʻayin paymanagir) — category of contract
  • Azerbaijani: əmək müqaviləsi — category of contract
  • Belarusian: хеҙмәт договоры — category of contract
  • Bulgarian: трудов договор (trudov dogovor) — category of contract
  • Catalan: contracte de treball — category of contract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勞動合同 /劳动合同 (láodòng hétong) — category of contract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 就業合同 /就业合同 (jiùyè hétong) — category of contract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 僱用合同 /雇用合同 (gùyòng hétong) — category of contract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聘用合同 (pìnyòng hétong) — category of contract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工作合同 (gōngzuò hétong) — category of contract
  • Czech: pracovní smlouva — category of contract
  • Danish: ansættelsesaftale — category of contract
  • Dutch: arbeidsovereenkomst — category of contract
  • Dutch: arbeidscontract — category of contract
  • Esperanto: laborkontrakto — category of contract
  • Estonian: tööleping — category of contract
  • Finnish: työsopimus — category of contract
  • French: contrat de travail — category of contract
  • German: Arbeitsvertrag — category of contract
  • German: Dienstvertrag — category of contract
  • Greek: σύμβαση εργασίας (sýmvasi ergasías) — category of contract
  • Hungarian: munkaszerződés — category of contract
  • Icelandic: ráðningarsamningur — category of contract
  • Indonesian: kontrak kerja — category of contract
  • Italian: contratto di lavoro — category of contract
  • Japanese: 労働契約 (rōdō keiyaku) — category of contract
  • Kazakh: еңбек келісімі (eñbek kelısımı) — category of contract
  • Korean: 고용계약 (goyonggyeyak) — category of contract
  • Lithuanian: darbo sutartis — category of contract
  • Polish: umowa o pracę — category of contract
  • Polish: angaż — category of contract
  • Portuguese: contrato de trabalho — category of contract
  • Romanian: contract de muncă — category of contract
  • Russian: трудово́й догово́р (trudovój dogovór) — category of contract
  • Slovak: pracovná zmluva — category of contract
  • Spanish: contrato de trabajo — category of contract
  • Swedish: anställningsavtal — category of contract
  • Tajik: шартномаи меҳнатӣ (šartnoma-yi mehnati) — category of contract
  • Ukrainian: трудовий договір (trudovyj dohovir) — category of contract
  • Vietnamese: hợp đồng lao động — category of contract