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job-share

[ job-shair ]
/ ˈdʒɒbˌʃɛər /

verb (used without object), job-shared, job-shar·ing.

to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.

noun Also job share .

an arrangement in which two or more employees share one full-time job.

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Origin of job-share

First recorded in 1975–80; job1 + share1

OTHER WORDS FROM job-share

job-sharer, noun

Words nearby job-share

Job's comforter, Job's comforters, job seeker, jobseeker's allowance, job setter, job-share, job sharing, job shop, Jobs, Steven, Job's syndrome, Job's-tears
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