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runaway shop

runaway shop noun: a plant that is moved to another region in order to escape the demands of a trade union.

Noun

runaway shop (plural runaway shops)

  1. (industrial relations) A plant that is moved to another region in order to escape the demands of a trade union.

Forms of runaway shop

pluralrunaway shops

Questions about runaway shop

What does runaway shop mean?
Runaway shop means a plant that is moved to another region in order to escape the demands of a trade union.
What part of speech is runaway shop?
Runaway shop is a noun.
What is the plural of runaway shop?
The plural of runaway shop is runaway shops.

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