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overtime bans

overtime bans is the plural of overtime ban.

Meaning of overtime ban

Noun

overtime ban (plural overtime bans)

  1. (labour) A type of industrial action, in which the workers collectively refuse to work overtime.
    • Details of the new services were awaited eagerly, but, to the disappointment of travellers and students of timetables alike, the recent ban on overtime in the printing industry imposed such serious delays that it was impossible to publish Bradshaw by the required day, and the proprietors cancelled...1947 January and February, “Notes and News: A Month Without "Bradshaw"”, in Railway Magazine, page 56

Questions about overtime bans

What is overtime bans the plural of?
Overtime bans is the plural of overtime ban.

Words near overtime bans in the dictionary

  1. overtilted
  2. overtilting
  3. overtilts
  4. overtime
  5. overtime ban
  6. overtime bans
  7. overtimed
  8. overtimer
  9. overtimers
  10. overtimes
  11. overtimidity

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