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Featherbedding

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The practice of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are needed or to limit their production in keeping with a safety regulation or union rule.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Present participle of featherbed.

n. The employment of more workers than is necessary because of union rules, especially upon the introduction of new technology

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required

Word Usage

"Let us look at the class of people who have the weak moral fibre sufficient to indulge in featherbedding."

Verb Form

featherbedded featherbedding featherbeds

Hypernym

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Variant

featherbedded featherbedding

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