Work-to-rule — is an industrial action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of a workplace, and follow safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown rather than to serve their purpose. This is considered… … Wikipedia
letter — let‧ter [ˈletə ǁ ər] noun [countable] 1. a written or printed message that is usually put in an envelope and sent by mail: • Please sign the letter and mail it back within two weeks. alloˈcation ˌletter also alˈlotment ˌletter FINANCE a letter… … Financial and business terms
letter — letter, epistle, missive, note, message, dispatch, report, memorandum are comparable when they mean a communication sent or transmitted as distinct from one conveyed directly from source to recipient (as by oral utterance). Letter is the ordinary … New Dictionary of Synonyms
letter of engagement — ˌletter of enˈgagement noun letters of engagement PLURALFORM [countable] a letter in which the conditions under which someone is employed are stated. In the US, a letter of engagement is usually given to a contractor who has been employed to… … Financial and business terms
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letter forms — 1. Many of the more formal formulas for writing letters that were noted by Fowler (Your obedient servant, Yours respectfully, etc.) have disappeared even from business letters and the letter pages of the more traditional newspapers. So too has… … Modern English usage
work to rule — Employees performing their duties strictly to the letter of their contract (that is, refusing to take on any additional duties), the aim being to slow down production or otherwise disrupt the employer s business. Practical Law Dictionary.… … Law dictionary
work-to-rule — Employees performing their duties strictly to the letter of their contract (that is, refusing to take on any additional duties), the aim being to slow down production or otherwise disrupt the employer s business. Practical Law Dictionary.… … Law dictionary
Letter to Chesterfield — The Letter to Chesterfield (February 1755) was Samuel Johnson s response to what some believed to be Lord Chesterfield s opportunistic endorsement of his A Dictionary of the English Language . Although Chesterfield was patron of the Proposal for… … Wikipedia
Letter of Aristeas — The so called Letter of Aristeas or Letter to Philocrates is a Hellenistic work of the second century BCE, one of the Pseudepigrapha.Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. (Palo Alto: Mayfield) 1985; André Pelletier, SJ, La Lettre d Aristée … Wikipedia
