jobcentre

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proper noun

A government-funded agency that helps the unemployed to find work.

“The attack campaign depicted snaking queues outside a Jobcentre.”

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Meanings

jobcentre1

nounjobcentre (plural jobcentres)

plural jobcentres

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jobcentre.

Jobcentre2

proper noun
  1. UKA government-funded agency that helps the unemployed to find work.
nounJobcentre (plural Jobcentres)

plural Jobcentres

  1. A local office of this agency.

    The attack campaign depicted snaking queues outside a Jobcentre.

Origin

From job + centre.

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Translations

Danish jobcenter
  • jobcenteragency
Dutch arbeidsbureau
  • arbeidsbureauagency
German Jobcenter
  • Jobcenteragency
Scottish Gaelic ionad-obrach
  • ionad-obrachagency
Spanish Oficina de empleo
  • Oficina de empleoagency
Swedish Arbetsförmedlingen
  • Arbetsförmedlingenagency
Cite this entry
APA

jobcentre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jobcentre

MLA

“jobcentre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jobcentre. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jobcentre,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jobcentre.

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