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stretchout definition

☆ stretch·out (strec̸h′o̵ut′)

noun

a practice, as within a company or industry, in which
  1. workers are required to do more work with little or no increase in pay
  2. the time scheduled for producing a given output is extended

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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