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division of labor
noun Economics.
a production process in which a worker or group of workers is assigned a specialized task in order to increase efficiency.
Origin:
1770–80
1770–80
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Division of labor
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | division of labor |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the breakdown of work into its tasks or parts and assigned to various people, groups, or machines for the purposes of efficiency |
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Cultural Dictionary
division of labor definition
Dividing a job into many specialized parts, with a single worker or a few workers assigned to each part. Division of labor is important to mass production.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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