| 单词 | spread-over shift |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspread-over shift The action or an instance of distributing work or holidays over a period of time; the system of such distribution; spec. an arrangement by which a fixed number of work hours may be performed at varying times within a given period. Also (and in earliest use) attributive, as spread-over shift (cf. split shift n. at split adj. Compounds 2a(b)). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > [noun] > other methods or systems Sisyphism1846 concentration1848 sweating system1851 mutualization1904 functionalization1912 spread-over1919 taipanism1921 Taylorism1928 Taylorization1929 unitization1929 stretch-out1933 speed-up1935 Stakhanovism1936 corporatization1949 suboptimization1950 quality management1953 matrix management1959 customization1967 divisionalization1967 knowledge management1971 just-in-time1977 kanban system1977 intrapreneurialism1982 kaizen1985 hot-desking1991 hotelling1991 1919 Times 9 Apr. 7/4 The payment of over-time rates on an agreed basis; and an arrangement in regard to the question of ‘spread-over’ time. 1921 Times 16 Nov. 7/1 The rejection by the London omnibus workers of the agreement concerning..the alteration of the ‘spread-over’ of their hours of duty. 1923 Westm. Gaz. 14 Apr. 1/2 A ‘spread-over’ of 44 hours. 1924 Westm. Gaz. 7 Mar. 1/2 The ‘spread-over’ system—the performance of eight hours' work any time within twelve hours. 1930 New Statesman 27 Dec. 350/2 The Lancashire miners resolved..to work the spreadover. 1963 Times 1 June 12/2 There is in most Coventry factories no observance of the Whitsun holiday, the period having been moved to September to allow a better spreadover of holidays. 1978 Daily Tel. 21 Mar. 2/8 Supplementary payments bus crews may qualify for, such as spread-over duties, unsocial hours, [etc.]. 1984 J. Kelman Busconductor Hines ii. 62 I fucking bought them the last time. No mind? that spread-over we were on? 2009 Independent on Sunday 2 Aug. (New Review) 30/2 He would work a ‘spread-over’ shift on the buses, which meant that he could sit in his garden each afternoon writing and thinking about novels. < as lemmas |
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