employment agency

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noun
  1. an agency that helps find jobs for persons seeking employment or assists employers in finding persons to fill positions that are open.

Origin of employment agency

1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
  • Also called employment bureau.

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How to use employment agency in a sentence

  • Police say Alayban found the Kenyan woman through an employment agency based in the African nation.

  • The Appointment Bureau is an employment agency, and one of the most extraordinary employment agencies ever organized.

    The Women of Tomorrow | William Hard
  • There also came a cook and a housemaid, engaged a month ago from a local employment agency.

    I Walked in Arden | Jack Crawford
  • A special bribe got her from under the nose of some of Pasadena's elite who were besieging the employment agency.

    I Walked in Arden | Jack Crawford
  • Fyfe had wired a Vancouver employment agency to send one, the day he took Jim Renfrew down.

    Big Timber | Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for employment agency

employment agency

noun
  1. a private firm whose business is placing people in jobs

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