Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

freeze 110 full day
freeze /friz/ verb to keep something
such as money or costs at their present
level and not allow them to rise to
freeze wages and prices to freeze
credits We have frozen expenditure at
last year’s level. (NOTE: freezing –
froze – frozen)
frequent /frikwənt/ adjective which
comes, goes or takes place often
There is a frequent ferry service to
France. We send frequent faxes to
New York. How frequent are the
planes to Birmingham? We send frequent
telexes to New York.
frequently /frikwəntli/ adverb often
The photocopier is frequently out
of use. We email our New York office
very frequently – at least four times a
day.
fresh blood /freʃ bld/ noun new
younger staff, employed because the
company feels it needs to have new
ideas (NOTE: also called new blood)
friction /frIkʃən/ noun small disagreements
between people in the same
office There was a lot of friction between
the sales and accounts staff.
frictional unemployment
/frIkʃ(ə)n(ə)l nImplɔImənt/ noun
unemployment due to unforeseen circumstances,
such as changes in technology,
lack of labour mobility or
variations in the demand and supply of
certain products
Friday /fraIdeI/ noun the fifth and
last day of the normal working week in
an office The hours of work are 9.30
to 5.30, Monday to Friday.
Friday afternoon /fraIdeI ɑftə-
nun/ noun the period after lunch on
Fridays, when some companies stop
work
Friday afternoon car /fraIdeI
ɑftənun kɑ/ noun a new car with
numerous defects, presumably because
it was made on a Friday afternoon
fringe benefit /frIndʒ benIfIt/
noun an extra item such as a company
car or private health insurance given by
a company to employees in addition to a
salary The fringe benefits make up for
the poor pay. Use of the company recreation
facilities is one of the fringe
benefits of the job.
front /frnt/ noun 1. a part of something
which faces away from the back
The front of the office building is on the
High Street. There is a photograph of
the managing director on the front page
of the company report. 2. in front of
before or on the front side of something
The chairman’s name is in front of all
the others on the staff list. 3. a business
or person used to hide an illegal trade
His restaurant is a front for a drugs
organisation.
front-line management /frnt
laIn mnIdʒmənt/ noun managers
who have immediate contact with the
employees
front man /frnt mn/ noun a person
who seems honest but is hiding an
illegal trade
frozen /frəυz(ə)n/ adjective not allowed
to be changed or used Wages
have been frozen at last year’s rates.
fulfil /fυlfIl/ verb to complete something
in a satisfactory way The clause
regarding payments has not been fulfilled.
(NOTE: the usual US spelling is
fulfill) to fulfil an order to supply the
items which have been ordered We
are so understaffed that we cannot fulfil
any more orders before Christmas.
fulfilment /fυlfIlmənt/ noun the act
of carrying something out in a satisfactory
way (NOTE: the usual US spelling
is fulfillment)
full /fυl/ adjective 1. with as much inside
it as possible The train was full of
commuters. When the disk is full,
don’t forget to make a backup copy. 2.
complete, including everything we
are working at full capacity we are doing
as much work as possible 3. in
full completely a full refund or arefund
paid in full Give your full
name and address or your name and
address in full. He accepted all our
conditions in full.
full day /fυl deI/, full working day
/fυl wkIŋ deI/, a full day’s work /ə
fυl deIz wk/ noun a period when a
worker works all the hours stipulated