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Spanish practices

Spanish practices noun: irregular practices in favour of the workers at a place of work, which are implied, but not specified, in the work contract.

Noun

Spanish practices pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, plural, plural-only) Irregular practices in favour of the workers at a place of work, which are implied, but not specified, in the work contract.
    • Many in the newspaper business – including some who criticised Murdoch at the time – now concede that the end of Fleet Street's Spanish practices probably helped prolong the life of the British press by a good few decades.2011 July 27, Jon Henley, “Rupert Murdoch and the battle of Wapping: 25 years on”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about Spanish practices

What does Spanish practices mean?
Spanish practices means irregular practices in favour of the workers at a place of work, which are implied, but not specified, in the work contract.
What part of speech is Spanish practices?
Spanish practices is a noun.

Words near Spanish practices in the dictionary

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  5. Spanish potatoes
  6. Spanish practices
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  9. Spanish red
  10. Spanish reds
  11. Spanish reef

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