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decasualize

American

[dee-kazh-oo-uh-lahyz] / diˈkæʒ u əˌlaɪz /

especially British, decasualise

verb (used with object)

decasualized, decasualizing

to reduce or eliminate the employment of (casual labor).

Other Word Forms

decasualization

noun

Etymology

Origin of decasualize

First recorded in 1890–95; de- + casual + -ize

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decasualizing

In the task of decasualizing labour, they are met with the difficulty that a considerable number of men will in the process be thrown out of employment altogether.

From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Bray, Reginald Arthur

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