works (noun)

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• works — noun 1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor (Freq. 5) they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles • Syn: ↑plant, ↑industrial plant • Members of this Topic: ↑gas system • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• -works — noun ● smelt …   Useful english dictionary

• works — [wɜːks ǁ wɜːrks] noun [plural] 1. old fashioned MANUFACTURING a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities or an industrial process happens: • The brick works closed last year. 2. the activity involved in doing …   Financial and business terms

• works council — ➔ council * * * works council UK US noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a group of employees elected or chosen to represent all the employees in a company in meetings with their employers: »The company and works council agreed that staff could work up to eight… …   Financial and business terms

• works council — noun (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc • Regions:… …   Useful english dictionary

• works manager — ➔ manager * * * works manager UK US noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a person who is in charge of a factory: »He is a works manager for a plastic moulding company …   Financial and business terms

• works — noun /wɜːks,wɝks/ a) A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens. A stray wrench can really gum up the works. b) A factory or similar collection of buildings The steel works almost fills the valley …   Wiktionary

• works committee — or works council noun A body on which both employer and employees meet to handle labour relations within a business • • • Main Entry: ↑work …   Useful english dictionary

• works program — noun a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑program, ↑programme …   Useful english dictionary

• works team — noun an alternative term for a factory team. Syn: factory team, factory backed …   Wiktionary

• works council — noun An organization representing workers within a commercial corporation, known by several European jurisdictions …   Wiktionary