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ratebusting

ratebusting adjective: working as fast as possible, ignoring the limits on productivity agreed by other workers or by a union.

Adjective

ratebusting (not comparable)

  1. Working as fast as possible, ignoring the limits on productivity agreed by other workers or by a union.

Noun

ratebusting (uncountable)

  1. The practice of working as fast as possible, ignoring the limits on productivity agreed by other workers or by a union.

Origin of ratebusting

From rate + busting.

Questions about ratebusting

What does ratebusting mean?
Ratebusting means working as fast as possible, ignoring the limits on productivity agreed by other workers or by a union.
What part of speech is ratebusting?
Ratebusting can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ratebusting in the dictionary

  1. rateable values
  2. rateables
  3. rateably
  4. ratebuster
  5. ratebusters
  6. ratebusting
  7. rated
  8. ratee
  9. rateen
  10. ratees
  11. Ratekau

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