Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

agency labour 10 aim
agency labour /eIdʒənsi leIbə/
noun staff supplied by an employment
agency
agency shop /eIdʒənsi ʃɒp/ noun
US a provision that requires non-union
employees to pay union dues if they are
part of a bargaining unit
agenda /ədʒendə/ noun a list of
things to be discussed at a meeting
The conference agenda or the agenda of
After two hours we were still discussing
the first item on the agenda. We
usually put put finance at the top of the
agenda. The chair wants two items removed
from or taken off the agenda.
agent /eIdʒənt/ noun 1. a person
who represents a company or another
person in an area to be the agent
for BMW cars to be the agent for
IBM 2. a person in charge of an agency
an advertising agent The estate
agent sent me a list of properties for
sale. Our trip was organised through
our local travel agent. Management
would only discuss the new payment
scheme with agents officially representing
the workers. 3. a person who is
formally acting on behalf of employees
or a union Management would only
discuss the new payment scheme with
agents officially representing the workers.
Certain workers were selected as
agents to voice the grievances of the
men and women on the shop floor.
(business) agent US the chief local
official of a trade union
agent’s commission /eIdʒənts
kəmIʃ(ə)n/ noun money, often a percentage
of sales, paid to an agent
age pension /eIdʒ penʃən/ noun a
sum of money paid regularly by a government
to people who have reached the
official age of retirement
aggrieved /əɡrivd/ adjective upset
and annoyed
aggrieved party /əɡrivd pɑti/
noun the person who has a grievance
AGM abbr Annual General Meeting
agree /əɡri/ verb 1. to approve The
figures were agreed between the two
parties. We have agreed the budgets
for next year. The terms of the contract
are still to be agreed. 2. to say yes
to something that is suggested We all
agreed on the plan. 3. to agree to or
on something to approve something
After some discussion she agreed to our
plan. The bank will never agree to
lend the company £250,000. We all
agreed on the need for action. to
agree to do something to say that you
will do something She agreed to be
chairman. Will the finance director
agree to resign?
agreed /əɡrid/ adjective which has
been accepted by everyone We pay an
agreed amount each month. The shop
is leased on agreed terms. The agreed
terms of employment are laid down in
the contract.
agreement /əɡrimənt/ noun 1. a
spoken or written contract between people
or groups which explains how they
will act a written agreement an unwritten
or verbal agreement to draw
up or to draft an agreement to break
an agreement to sign an agreement
to reach an agreement or to come to an
agreement on something a collective
wage agreement 2. a contract between
two parties which explains how they
will act a written agreement an unwritten
or verbal agreement to draw
up or to draft an agreement to break
an agreement to sign an agreement
to reach an agreement or to come to an
agreement on something a collective
wage agreement
‘…after three days of tough negotiations the
company has reached agreement with its 1,200
unionized workers’ [Toronto Star]
agree with /əɡri wIð/ verb 1. to say
that your opinions are the same as someone
else’s I agree with the chairman
that the figures are lower than normal.
2. to be the same as The auditors’ figures
do not agree with those of the accounts
department.
agricultural
labourer
/ɡrIkltʃərəl leIb(ə)rə/ noun a person
who does heavy work on a farm
aim /eIm/ noun something which you
try to do One of our aims is to increase
the quality of our products. the
company has achieved all its aims the
company has done all the things it had
hoped to do verb to try to do something
Each member of the sales team