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featherbedding definition

☆ feather·bed·ding (-bed′iŋ)

noun

the practice of limiting output or requiring extra workers, as by union contract, in order to provide more jobs and prevent unemployment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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