collective agreement
noun
Simple meaning
Contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kəˈlɛktɪvəɡˈɹimənt
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Definition
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noun
Contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions
A contract specifying terms and conditions of employment between one or more labor unions and employers' organizations legally binding for employers organized in these and the employees if they are unionized in them or their employment contract incorporates them by referral.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions
Used this way, collective agreement is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in law or legal and business or professional contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Official and authoritative
- Usage feel
- Formal and precise
Where it naturally appears
- Law/legal
- Business/professional
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