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What does The Noun Job Agency Mean?

What does the noun job agency imply?

There is one meaning in OED’s entry for the noun job agency. See ‘Meaning & utilize’ for meaning, usage, and quote evidence.

How typical is the noun task company?

Where does the noun task firm come from?

Earliest understood use

1950s

The earliest recognized use of the noun job company remains in the 1950s.

OED’s earliest evidence for task firm is from 1952, in Industrial & Labor Relations Review.

Nearby entries

joanna, n. 1846-.

joaquinite, n. 1909-.

Job, n. 1st Old English-.

task, n. TWO 1557-.

job, n. THREE 1560-1771.

job, n. ⁴ 1560-.

task, v. 1st a1500-.

task, v. ² 1647-.

task, v. THREE 1666-1843.

task action, n.c1926-.

task agency, n. 1952-.

task analysis, n. 1916-.

job analyst, n. 1917-.

jobard, n.c1475-.

jobation, n. 1687-.

job bank, n. 1965-.

jobbed, adj. 1827-.

jobber, n. 1ST 1544-.

jobber, n. two a1626-.

jobbernowl, n. & adj. 1592-.

jobbernowlism, n.1652-1824.

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Entry history for job agency, n.

Originally published as part of the entry for task, n. two task agency, n. was first published in 2008.

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