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stack ranking

stack ranking noun: the act or process of creating a stack rank. Also the present participle and gerund of stack rank.

Noun

stack ranking (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of creating a stack rank.
    • Stack ranking had come into fashion after GE CEO Jack Welch used a similar system, called rank-and-yank, to turn around that company in the 1980s and 1990s.2015 January 2, Nicholas Carlson, “The Day Marissa Mayer's Honeymoon At Yahoo Ended”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022

Also used as

stack ranking is also the present participle and gerund of stack rank.

Questions about stack ranking

What does stack ranking mean?
Stack ranking means the act or process of creating a stack rank.
What part of speech is stack ranking?
Stack ranking is a noun.

Words near stack ranking in the dictionary

  1. stack machines
  2. stack off
  3. stack process
  4. stack rank
  5. stack ranked
  6. stack ranking
  7. stack ranks
  8. stack room
  9. stack rooms
  10. stack smashing
  11. stack talk

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