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stretchout

or 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stretchout1

First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase stretch out

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