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noun
A business or industrial establishment whose employees are required to be labor union members as a precondition to employment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A facility that runs programs on behalf of others, giving them no oversight over execution but merely returning the output at the end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
a company that hires only union members
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: company
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