Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

date of birth 71 death duty
dated June 15th. 2. out-of-date The
unions have criticised management for
its dated ideas.
date of birth /deIt əv bθ/ noun
the day, month and year when someone
was born
date of departure /deIt əv dI-
pɑtʃə/, departure date /dIpɑtʃə
deIt/ noun the date on which an employee
leaves the company
day /deI/ noun 1. a period of 24 hours
There are thirty days in June. The
first day of the month is a public holiday.
2. a period of work from morning
to night she works three days on,
two days off she works for three days,
then has two days’ holiday to work
an eight-hour day to spend eight hours
at work each day 3. one of the days of
the week
day care /deI keə/ noun a provision
of care for small children while their
parents are at work One of the fringe
benefits of the job was a free day care
centre. The excellent day care facilities
in the area have increased the availability
of staff.
day of action /deI əv kʃən/ noun
a day when workers do not work, but
take part in strikes or protests
day rate /deI reIt/ noun a payment
system where employees are paid per
day worked Temporary workers are
paid on a day rate. They receive a flat
day rate of £100.
day shift /deI ʃIft/ noun a shift
worked during the daylight hours (from
early morning to late afternoon)
day-to-day /deI tə deI/ adjective ordinary
or going on all the time He organises
the day-to-day running of the
company. Sales only just cover the
day-to-day expenses.
day work /deI wk/ noun 1. work
done on the day shift 2. work done during
a day
day worker /deI wkə/ noun a person
who works the day shift
dead /ded/ adjective 1. not alive Six
people were dead as a result of the accident.
The founders of the company are
all dead. 2. not working the line went
dead the telephone line suddenly
stopped working
dead end /ded end/ noun a point
where you cannot go any further forward
Negotiations have reached a
dead end.
dead end job /ded end dʒɒb/ noun
a job where there are no chances of
promotion
deadline /dedlaIn/ noun the date by
which something has to be done to
meet a deadline to finish something in
time to miss a deadline to finish
something later than it was planned
We’ve missed our October 1st deadline.
deadlock /dedlɒk/ noun a point
where two sides in a dispute cannot
agree The negotiations have reached
deadlock or a deadlock. to break a
deadlock to find a way to start discussions
again after being at a point where
no agreement was possible verb to be
unable to agree to continue negotiations
talks have been deadlocked for ten
days after ten days the talks have not
produced any agreement
dead loss /ded lɒs/ noun a total loss
The car was written off as a dead loss.
dead season /ded siz(ə)n/ noun
the time of year when there are few
tourists about
dead wood /ded wυd/ noun employees
who are old or who do not work well
The new management team is weeding
out the dead wood from the sales
department.
deal /dil/ noun a business agreement,
affair or contract The sales director
set up a deal with a Russian bank. The
deal will be signed tomorrow. They
did a deal with an American airline.
to call off a deal to stop an agreement
When the chairman heard about the
deal he called it off. to reach a deal,
to strike a deal to come to an agreement
verb to deal with to organise
something Leave it to the filing clerk
– he’ll deal with it. to deal with a
problem to decide how to solve a
problem
death /deθ/ noun the act of dying
death duty /deθ djuti/, death tax
/deθ tks/ noun US a tax paid on the