short-term contract
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshort-termandcontract
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short-term
adjective
uk/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us/ˈʃɔːrt.tɝːm/
lasting a ...
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contract
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.trækt/us/ˈkɑːn.trækt/
a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the ...
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Service migration included longer-term live-in servants andshort-termcontractlabourers in neighbouring villages and towns.
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Before the study, politicians had agreed only to ashort-termcontractwith the chiropractors and awaited the results from the trial before making a final decision.
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Short-termcontractstaff may apply for such posts under the normal selection procedures applying to the recruitment of permanent staff.
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I now turn to the class of officer who is engaged onshort-termcontract.
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These rules will be applied to the special category of railway officers onshort-termcontract.
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In addition, several hundred people are engaged onshort-termcontractwork.
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Someone on ashort-termcontractcan be expected to be loyal to the terms of the contract, but that is all.
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They will not be able to buy because, on ashort-termcontract, they will find it almost impossible to get a mortgage.
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Butshort-termcontractofficers, although professionally well-qualified, are often inexperienced in life overseas.
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In essence, ashort-termcontractcould be any form of contract which does not result in the employee becoming a permanent civil servant.
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A major reason for this loss must be the way in which theshort-termcontractsystem is managed.
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We neither intend nor envisage that the laboratories will becomeshort-termcontractlaboratories.
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It is difficult to propose any long-term solutions to a person who may have only ashort-termcontract.
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Salaries have been revised and special terms forshort-termcontractappointments arranged.
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What we have learned aboutshort-termcontractwork in this study can be applied also to work in a much wider area.
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I reckon that ashort-termcontractof seven years is about right.
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That could help to reduce the backlog—although it will not remove it—but to achieve that, the hospitals will have to recruitshort-termcontractsurgeons.
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The local authority could make ashort-termcontractwith a series of lump sum payments to be received.
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In those industries there is much labour only sub-contracting, a high level of self-employment and a high use ofshort-termcontractlabour.
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