stretchout

[strech-out]

stretch·out

[strech-out]
noun
1.
a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.
2.
a method of labor management by which employees do additional work without a commensurate increase in wages.
Also, stretch-out


Origin:
1925–30; noun use of verb phrase stretch out
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Stretchout is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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.
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