| 单词 | restrictive practice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrestrictive practice restrictive practice n. a strategy (such as price fixing, monopolization, etc.) aimed at restricting or controlling competition in trade; an arrangement by a group of workers to limit employment or industrial output. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > protest > forms of rattening1828 polytechnic1835 restriction1852 lockout1853 ca'canny1896 restrictive practice1896 go-slow1920 hartal1920 lock-in1920 working to rule1920 work-to-rule1920 cacannyism1921 job actionc1926 slowdown1926 gherao1967 work-in1967 work-to-contract1969 sick-out1970 sick-in1974 siege action1977 1896 Amer. Federationist Aug. 110/1 The trade union, to meet restriction on every hand, is compelled to resort to similar methods, and..these restrictive practices have settled into a policy. 1901 Rep. Industr. Comm. Labor Organisations XVII. iii. ii. 386 The unions were forced to agree to abandon some of their restrictive practices. 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) xiii. 146 The prevalence of these restrictive practices has varied very widely from trade to trade. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 19 Feb. 10/3 The single argument on which all the restrictive practices have rested..was that the demand for housing was so limited that the various factors in the housing field..had to stretch the work out and keep costs high. 2000 J. Caughie Television Drama vii. 191 The restrictive practices of the broadcasting unions had been a prime target in the sights of Mrs Thatcher. < as lemmas |
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