stretchout

[ strech-out ]

/ ˈstrɛtʃˌaʊt /

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a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.

a method of labor management by which employees do additional work without a commensurate increase in wages.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase stretch out