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job shops

job shops is the plural of job shop.

Meaning of job shop

Noun

job shop (plural job shops)

  1. A business or facility specializing in the manufacture or fabrication of parts in relatively small quantities, produced to the specifications or requirements supplied by the customer.
  2. (production management) A production unit that processes jobs each of which requires processing at multiple workstations, in any order, which processing may vary in time taken at each workstation.
  3. An agency that supplies technical personnel usually on short-term temporary contracts.
    Synonyms:
    body shop

Questions about job shops

What is job shops the plural of?
Job shops is the plural of job shop.

Words near job shops in the dictionary

  1. job searching
  2. job security
  3. job seeker
  4. job seekers
  5. job shop
  6. job shops
  7. job site
  8. job sites
  9. job splitting
  10. job stopper
  11. job stoppers

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