What does The Noun Job Agency Mean?

What does the noun job company suggest?

There is one significance in OED’s entry for the noun task agency. See ‘Meaning & use’ for meaning, use, and quotation proof.

How common is the noun task firm?

Where does the noun task agency come from?

Earliest understood use

1950s

The earliest known usage of the noun task firm remains in the 1950s.

OED’s earliest proof for job company 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-.

task, n. ³ 1560-1771.

job, n. four 1560-.

job, v. ¹ a1500-.

job, v. TWO 1647-.

job, v. THREE 1666-1843.

job action, n.c1926-.

task company, n. 1952-.

job analysis, n. 1916-.

job analyst, n. 1917-.

jobard, n.c1475-.

jobation, n. 1687-.

task bank, n. 1965-.

jobbed, adj. 1827-.

jobber, n. 1ST 1544-.

jobber, n. two a1626-.

jobbernowl, n. & adj. 1592-.

jobbernowlism, n.1652-1824.

Meaning & use

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Entry history for job firm, n.

Originally released as part of the entry for job, n. two job company, n. was first released in 2008.

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