- worker co-operative
- coopérative f de travail
English-French legislative terms. 2015.
worker co-operative
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Worker cooperative — A worker coperative is a cooperative owned and democratically controlled by its employees. There are no outside or consumer owners in a worker coperative only the workers own shares of the business.Definition of worker cooperativeThere are many… … Wikipedia
worker — worker, workman, workingman, laborer, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, artisan, hand, operative, roustabout can all mean one who earns his living by labor, especially by manual labor. Worker, the most comprehensive and least specific of these … New Dictionary of Synonyms
operative# — operative adj *active, dynamic, live Analogous words: *effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient: *fertile, fecund, fruitful Antonyms: abeyant operative n mechanic, artisan, hand, workman, working man, *worker, laborer, craftsman,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
operative — [äp′ə rə tiv΄, äp′ə rāt΄iv] adj. [Fr opératif < LL(Ec) operativus] 1. capable of, characterized by, or in operation 2. a) accomplishing what is desired; effective b) of primary importance; key; essential [the operative word in a sentence] 3.… … English World dictionary
Operative — Op er*a*tive, n. 1. A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory. [1913 Webster] 2. One who acts as an agent of another, especially a detective or spy. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
operative — (adj.) producing the intended effect, early 15c., from L.L. operativus creative, formative, from operat , pp. stem of operari (see OPERATION (Cf. operation)). Weakened sense of significant, important is from 1955. The noun meaning worker,… … Etymology dictionary
operative — ► ADJECTIVE 1) functioning; having effect. 2) (of a word) having the most relevance or significance in a phrase. 3) relating to surgery. ► NOUN 1) a worker, especially a skilled one. 2) a private detective or secret agent. DE … English terms dictionary
worker — [n] person who is employed artisan, blue collar*, breadwinner, company person, craftsperson, employee, hand, help, laborer, nine to fiver*, operative, peasant, proletarian, serf, slave, stiff, toiler, trader, tradesperson, wage earner, white… … New thesaurus
operative — ▪ I. operative op‧e‧ra‧tive 1 [ˈɒprətɪv ǁ ˈɑːprə , ˈɑːpəreɪ ] adjective working or able to be used: • When does the plant become operative? • If the bond is currently trading below par, its operative life is likely to be the number of years to… … Financial and business terms
operative — op|e|ra|tive1 [ˈɔpərətıv US ˈa:pərə , ˈa:pəreı ] adj 1.) working and able to be used ≠ ↑inoperative ▪ Only one runway is operative. ▪ the steps to be taken before the scheme can become operative →↑operational 2.) the operative word used when you… … Dictionary of contemporary English
operative — 1 adjective 1 working and able to be used: We had only one radar station operative. | operative missiles compare operational (1) 2 the operative word used when you repeat a word from a previous sentence to draw attention to its importance: He is… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
