| 单词 | rate-busting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrate-busting rate-busting n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) the fact or practice of undertaking piecework very productively, so that rates of pay are threatened; cf. rate-buster n. ΚΠ 1967 C. Margerison in G. Wills & R. Yearsley Handbk. Managem. Technol. 31 However, such practices as the prevention of rate-busting are extremely logical and rational from the workers' point of view. 1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses iv. 75 In logging,..since companies established rates at the commencement of the season, it was difficult to perceive any relationship between big producers and rate busting. < as lemmas |
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