employment office
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- noun
- /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt ˈɔfɪs/
:
oficina de empleo
- The local employment office helped her find a job after months of searching.
- a local employment office
- a state employment office
- going to the employment office
Examples
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Also, employment office managers will steer work your way if you are dependable.
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Factory men gathered day after day in union halls, in employment offices, and at the gates of the factories where they used to work.
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Is this the employment office?
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The employment office is in the rear.
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Does your local employment office run classes?
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There must have been 500 guys at the employment office today.
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This is the nearest employment office.
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In matters of advising students about careers, the local employment office is responsible.
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If you want to go to the employment office, there's one down the street... if you just keep on going about a half-mile down there.
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What happens if, as the Labor Dept. analyst suggested, some of your employment offices are short-staffed?
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Synonyms
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A business that helps people find jobs and employers find workers
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An office that helps students find jobs and internships
A government office where people find job vacancies and get help claiming money when they have no work
How Official
- Formal
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- Texting
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an agency/place that helps people find jobs' is directly derivable from 'employment' (work, jobs) combined with 'office' (a place or agency). This noun+noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Employment office is a simple compound that joins employment and office, giving the clear picture of a place where people go to get work. That's why it now means a government or private office that helps people 'to find jobs' or helps employers 'to find workers'.