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decasualize

decasualize verb: to eliminate casual labour from.

Verb

decasualize (third-person singular simple present decasualizes, present participle decasualizing, simple past and past participle decasualized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To eliminate casual labour from.
    • In some areas they have attempted to decasualize certain types of employment and to control street-trading by a local licensing system requiring juveniles to obtain their licences through the committees.1944, The Labour Gazette, volume 44, page 720

Forms of decasualize

third-person singular presentdecasualizes
present participledecasualizing
past participledecasualized
pastdecasualized

Origin of decasualize

From de- + casual + -ize.

Questions about decasualize

What does decasualize mean?
Decasualize means to eliminate casual labour from.
What part of speech is decasualize?
Decasualize is a verb.
What is the past tense of decasualize?
The past tense of decasualize is decasualized.

Words near decasualize in the dictionary

  1. decasualise
  2. decasualised
  3. decasualises
  4. decasualising
  5. decasualization
  6. decasualize
  7. decasualized
  8. decasualizes
  9. decasualizing
  10. decasulfide
  11. decasulfides

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