restrictive practice
noun British
a trading agreement against the public interest
a practice of a union or other group tending to limit the freedom of other workers or employers
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Nearby words
- restriction-site polymorphism,
- restrictionism,
- restrictive,
- restrictive clause,
- restrictive covenant,
- restrictively,
- restrike,
- restring,
- restroom,
- restructure
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