"job shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: job shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} job shop (plural job shops)
  1. A business or facility specializing in the manufacture or fabrication of parts in relatively small quantities, produced to the specifications or requirements supplied by the customer.
    Sense id: en-job_shop-en-noun-fyfSM68K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 46 12
  2. (production management) A production unit that processes jobs each of which requires processing at multiple workstations, in any order, which processing may vary in time taken at each workstation. Related terms: batch processing
    Sense id: en-job_shop-en-noun-E9j4drcv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 46 12
  3. An agency that supplies technical personnel usually on short-term temporary contracts. Synonyms (supplier of technical personnel on temporary basis): body shop
    Sense id: en-job_shop-en-noun-ysLh4~I9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 46 12 Disambiguation of 'supplier of technical personnel on temporary basis': 9 12 80

Inflected forms

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