"closed shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: closed shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} closed shop (plural closed shops)
  1. A business or industrial establishment whose employees are required to be labor union members as a precondition to employment. Coordinate_terms (business requiring union membership for employment): agency shop, open shop, union shop
    Sense id: en-closed_shop-en-noun-vnvsGgB7 Disambiguation of 'business requiring union membership for employment': 82 18
  2. (computing, historical) A facility that runs programs on behalf of others, giving them no oversight over execution but merely returning the output at the end. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-closed_shop-en-noun-QHjL1h8R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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