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1 featherbedded
feather-bedded
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2 featherbedded
vსაჭიროზე მეტი მუშახელი დაიქირავა -
3 featherbed
N1. पंखों से\featherbedभरा\featherbedगद्दाHe always sleeps on a mattress as light as a featherbed.--------V1. आसान\featherbedबनानाPublic sector industries have been featherbedded by the Government for too long. -
4 to featherbed
Создать благоприятные условия для определённой группы людей или организации, особенно в сфере финансов. Глагол употребляется, в частности, по отношению к тем компаниям, которые предлагают большие средства или привилегии профсоюзам, а также по отношению к правительству, которое субсидирует какую-либо отрасль промышленности. (Feather bed — перина, пуховик).French farmers have been featherbedded for too long. — Французским фермерам слишком долго создавали благоприятные условия.
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5 featherbed
pejorative (industry, business) protéger (excessivement)
См. также в других словарях:
featherbedded — n. soft mattress filled with feathers v. spoil, indulge; compel an employer to hire more workers than are needed … English contemporary dictionary
featherbedded — Pampered … A concise dictionary of English slang
featherbed — /fedh euhr bed /, v.t., v.i., featherbedded, featherbedding. to subject to or engage in featherbedding. [1945 50; back formation from FEATHERBEDDING] * * * … Universalium
featherbed — /ˈfɛðəbɛd/ (say fedhuhbed) noun 1. a mattress filled with feathers. 2. luxury; a pampered state generally. –verb (t) (featherbedded, featherbedding) 3. to pamper; shield from hardship. 4. to subsidise. 5. to limit the work done in (a factory,… …
featherbed — ☆ ☆ featherbed [feth′ərbed΄] adj. of, facilitating, or having to do with featherbedding vi., vt. featherbedded, featherbedding to engage in or subject to featherbedding … English World dictionary
feather bed — noun a mattress stuffed with feathers • Syn: ↑featherbed • Hypernyms: ↑mattress * * * noun Etymology: Middle English fetherbed, from fether feather + bed ( … Useful english dictionary
feath´er|bed´der — feath|er|bed «FEHTH uhr BEHD», verb, bed|ded, bed|ding, noun. –v.i. to practice featherbedding. –v.t. 1. to arrange (work) under conditions of featherbedding. 2. to employ (workers) in addition to those needed: » … Useful english dictionary
feath|er|bed — «FEHTH uhr BEHD», verb, bed|ded, bed|ding, noun. –v.i. to practice featherbedding. –v.t. 1. to arrange (work) under conditions of featherbedding. 2. to employ (workers) in addition to those needed: » … Useful english dictionary
