decasualize en · VERB
Etymology
From de- + casual + -ize.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To eliminate casual labour from.
In some areas they have attempted to decasualize certain types of employment and to control street-trading by a local licensing system requiring juveniles to obtain their licences through the committees.
1944, The Labour Gazette, volume 44, page 720:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| decasualizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| decasualized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| decasualized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| decasualizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |