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secondees

secondees is the plural of secondee.

Meaning of secondee

Noun

secondee (plural secondees)

  1. (Commonwealth, UK, labour) A person who is seconded (“transferred temporarily to alternative employment”). .
    • At the very least, the government should consider restricting the emigration of skilled people who are in short supply and extend its monitoring system to include emigrating graduates of vocational and higher institutes, as well as government secondees and people officially contracted to work...1983, R. Paul Shaw, “Manpower and Educational Shortages”, in Mobilizing Human Resources in the Arab World (Arab World Studies), London: KPI, published 1985, →ISBN, page 182

Questions about secondees

What is secondees the plural of?
Secondees is the plural of secondee.

Words near secondees in the dictionary

  1. secondborn
  2. secondborns
  3. seconde
  4. seconded
  5. secondee
  6. secondees
  7. seconder
  8. seconders
  9. secondes
  10. secondhand
  11. secondhand bookshop

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