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pre-ˈentry, a. [pre- B 2..] Prior to entry; spec. applied to a closed shop in which union membership is a prerequisite of appointment to a post. Cf. post-entry a.
1941[see Air Training Corps s.v. air n.1 III. 3]. 1964W. E. J. McCarthy Closed Shop in Britain ii. 52 On the most generous of estimates the number of workers affected by the pre-entry shop in all its forms is unlikely to be more than three-quarters of a million. This means that for every worker in a pre-entry shop there are four in post-entry shops. 1969Gloss. Aeronaut. & Astronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iv. 4 Pre-entry streamtube, the streamtube extending to the entry of a ducted body from infinity upstream. 1972H. Williamson Trade Unions (ed. 2) ii. 22 In a pre-entry closed shop, membership of a union is essential before the man is appointed to a job. 1977J. M. Johnson in Douglas & Johnson Existential Sociol. vii. 210 Because of my preentry preparations and personal contacts, I felt more or less at ease when I addressed a joint meeting of the social workers from the two CWS units to explain the purposes of the research. 1977Guardian Weekly 25 Sept. 10/2 The pre-entry closed shop (that is the kind where you need a card to get a job). |