division of labour

British  

noun

1. a system of organizing the manufacture of an article in a series of separate specialized operations, each of which is carried out by a different worker or group of workers

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Example Sentences

The signs are that there is a division of labour with Israel focusing on strikes to hit leadership targets and the US more on military targets.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Smith wrote that “the division of labour occasions, in every art, a proportional increase of the productive powers of labour.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Retooling production networks in a pharma sector that has for decades relied on cross-border exchange and international division of labour can only be done in incremental steps, cautioned Merck CEO Garijo.

From Reuters • Sep. 17, 2021

Although these macho attitudes are in decline, their roots lie in the division of labour in extracting gold from the mangrove swamps of her homeland.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2017

Nor is it astonishing that such is the case; because the incorrect distribution of wealth proceeds solely from the theory of the division of labour, preached by men of art and science for selfish purposes.

From What Shall We Do? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf