division of labor
noun phrase
: the breakdown of labor into its components and their distribution among different persons, groups, or machines to increase productive efficiency
Word History
First Known Use
1776, in the meaning defined above
- backward pass
- backward-looking
- backwardation
- backwarder
- backwardest
- backwardlier
- backwardliest
- backwardly
- backwardness
- backwardnesses
- backwards
- backwards compatibility
- backwards compatible
- backwash
- backwashed
- backwashes
- backwashing
- backwater
- backwaters
- backwearing
- backwind
- backwoods
- backwoodser
- backwoodsman
- backwoodsmen