division of labor
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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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| 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.
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Example sentences
Electronic search thus appears to be a good strategy in an intellectual division of labor.
Rather, the so-called decline is due to a change in the mind's division of labor.
Look for a way to diplomatically establish division of labor between you and your lazy colleague.
The family that my father worked for had a similar division of labor.
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