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OPEN SHOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does open shop mean?
• OPEN SHOP (noun)
The noun OPEN SHOP has 1 sense:
1. a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union
Familiarity information: OPEN SHOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("open shop" is a kind of...):
company (an institution created to conduct business)
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