stretch-outn.

Forms: Also unhyphened.

Etymology: < stretch v. + out adv., int., and prep.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstretch-out.

Chiefly North American.

1. A practice of requiring workers, esp. in textile industries, to do extra work or operate extra machines for little or no additional pay.

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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

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 30 June 12/1 The ‘stretch-out’ is a scheme for getting more work done in the textile mills with less labor.

1933 E. Caldwell God's Little Acre v. 84 The mill can't get us back unless they shorten the hours, or cut out the stretchout, or go back to the old pay.

1934 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Aug. 1/3 Wage increases, shorter hours, differentials in the higher wage brackets, and an end to the ‘stretch-out’ are objectives to be sought in the strike.

1943 Sun (Baltimore) 14 June 10/7 A managerial stretch-out which prostrates war workers is intolerable.

2. A practice of slackening production schedules as an economy, so that a set quantity will be produced over a longer period; a postponement of the date of fulfilment of orders or contracts, etc.

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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > production capacity > reduction of

stretch-out1946

1946 [see sense 3].

1952 N.Y. Times 16 Aug. (Late city ed.) 14/1 The North Atlantic defense program, already handicapped by a ‘stretch-out’.

1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Jan. 2/4 The stretchout is understood to apply to the date at which the two aircraft were to go into flight and become ‘operational’.

1960 Times 21 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xiii/3 Stretch-out of deliveries has been broadly accepted by the industry.

1969 Look 29 Apr. 57/3 Support on the part of so many in the diocese made this patient waiting over weeks of time much easier. But the long stretch-out freed us.

1979 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 13 Aug. 9 Neither the abandonment of the B-1 by the current Administration nor its stretchout of the MX missile..speeded up SALT.

3. attributive.

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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [adjective] > reduction of production

stretch-out1934

1934 1 Sept. 2/4 It has failed to do anything about solving the ‘stretch-out’ problem.

1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 May 15/3 A ‘stretch-out’ plan, under which those employed will work less hours weekly, will be adopted soon.

1960 Times 21 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xiii/2 The viability of a satisfactory stretch-out arrangement depends on the transfer of contracts from the weaker to the stronger mining operations.

1967 Canad. Ann. Rev. 1966 75 The Prime Minister announced a major increase in the amounts allocated to vocational and technical training in the stretch-out period.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	stretch-out
释义	stretch-outn. Forms: Also unhyphened. Etymology: < stretch v. + out adv., int., and prep.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstretch-out. Chiefly North American. 1. A practice of requiring workers, esp. in textile industries, to do extra work or operate extra machines for little or no additional pay. 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 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 30 June 12/1 The ‘stretch-out’ is a scheme for getting more work done in the textile mills with less labor. 1933 E. Caldwell God's Little Acre v. 84 The mill can't get us back unless they shorten the hours, or cut out the stretchout, or go back to the old pay. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Aug. 1/3 Wage increases, shorter hours, differentials in the higher wage brackets, and an end to the ‘stretch-out’ are objectives to be sought in the strike. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 14 June 10/7 A managerial stretch-out which prostrates war workers is intolerable. 2. A practice of slackening production schedules as an economy, so that a set quantity will be produced over a longer period; a postponement of the date of fulfilment of orders or contracts, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > production capacity > reduction of stretch-out1946 1946 [see sense 3]. 1952 N.Y. Times 16 Aug. (Late city ed.) 14/1 The North Atlantic defense program, already handicapped by a ‘stretch-out’. 1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Jan. 2/4 The stretchout is understood to apply to the date at which the two aircraft were to go into flight and become ‘operational’. 1960 Times 21 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xiii/3 Stretch-out of deliveries has been broadly accepted by the industry. 1969 Look 29 Apr. 57/3 Support on the part of so many in the diocese made this patient waiting over weeks of time much easier. But the long stretch-out freed us. 1979 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 13 Aug. 9 Neither the abandonment of the B-1 by the current Administration nor its stretchout of the MX missile..speeded up SALT. 3. attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [adjective] > reduction of production stretch-out1934 1934 1 Sept. 2/4 It has failed to do anything about solving the ‘stretch-out’ problem. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 May 15/3 A ‘stretch-out’ plan, under which those employed will work less hours weekly, will be adopted soon. 1960 Times 21 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xiii/2 The viability of a satisfactory stretch-out arrangement depends on the transfer of contracts from the weaker to the stronger mining operations. 1967 Canad. Ann. Rev. 1966 75 The Prime Minister announced a major increase in the amounts allocated to vocational and technical training in the stretch-out period. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1933
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