🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

agenzia di collocamento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aˈdʒɛnttsa di kollokaˈmento

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Employment agency/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Si è rivolto a un'agenzia di collocamento per cercare lavoro."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A business that helps people find work and employers find staff.

    "She registered with an employment agency to secure a temporary administrative position."
  2. 2

    An organization that acts as an intermediary for recruitment and placement services.

    "The employment agency coordinated interviews for dozens of qualified candidates."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of employment (from Old French emploier, meaning 'to use, occupy', via Latin implicare) and agency (from Latin agens, present participle of agere 'to do, act'). The term emerged in the 19th century with the rise of industrial labor markets to describe offices that match job seekers with employers.

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