factory worker

  • 11worker — worker, workman, workingman, laborer, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, artisan, hand, operative, roustabout can all mean one who earns his living by labor, especially by manual labor. Worker, the most comprehensive and least specific of these …

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  • 12Factory farming — A commercial chicken house raising broiler pullets for meat …

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  • 13factory — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large ▪ small ▪ modern ▪ abandoned (esp. AmE), disused (esp. BrE) ▪ aircraft …

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  • 14Factory system — The factory system was a method of manufacturing first adopted in England at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and later spreading abroad. Fundamentally, each worker created a separate part of the total assembly of a product, thus… …

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  • 15factory system — ▪ industry       system of manufacturing that began in the 18th century and is based on the concentration of industry into specialized and often large establishments. The system arose in the course of the Industrial Revolution.       The factory… …

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  • 16worker — work|er W1S3 [ˈwə:kə US ˈwə:rkər] n 1.) someone who does a job, especially a particular type of job ▪ part time, low paid workers ▪ workers in the tourist industry factory/farm/office etc worker ▪ new health and safety regulations for factory… …

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  • 17worker — noun (C) 1 one of the people who work for an organization, business etc and are below the level of a manager: factory/farm/office etc worker: new health and safety regulations for factory workers | skilled/unskilled worker (=someone who has or… …

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  • 18worker */*/*/ — UK [ˈwɜː(r)kə(r)] / US [ˈwɜrkər] noun [countable] Word forms worker : singular worker plural workers 1) a) someone below the level of a manager who works in a particular company or industry About 1,000 workers at the factory lost their jobs.… …

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  • 19Worker cooperative — A worker coperative is a cooperative owned and democratically controlled by its employees. There are no outside or consumer owners in a worker coperative only the workers own shares of the business.Definition of worker cooperativeThere are many… …

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  • 20worker — work|er [ wɜrkər ] noun count *** 1. ) someone below the level of a manager who works in a particular company or industry: About 1,000 workers at the factory lost their jobs. agricultural/clerical/industrial workers: Less than 40% of agricultural …

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