About The Word Featherbedding

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Featherbedding

Featherbedding Meaning & Definition
Featherbedding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Featherbedding?

[n] the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required

Synonyms | Synonyms for Featherbedding:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Featherbedding: bedizenment | duplication | duplication of effort | embellishment | expletive | extravagance | fat | filling | frill | frills | frippery | gingerbread | luxury | needlessness | ornamentation | overadornment | overlap | padding | payroll padding | pleonasm | prolixity | redundance | redundancy | superfluity | superfluousness | tautology | unnecessariness | verbosity

See Also | pattern | practice

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