"open shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: open shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} open shop (plural open shops)
  1. A place of employment in which employment is in no way contingent on membership in a union, though a union may be the exclusive bargaining agent of the employees. Derived forms: open-shopper Coordinate_terms (place of employment in which union bargains for and receives dues even those not in the union): closed shop, agency shop, union shop
    Sense id: en-open_shop-en-noun-HZy5NC-E

Verb

Forms: opens shop [present, singular, third-person], opening shop [participle, present], opened shop [participle, past], opened shop [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} open shop (third-person singular simple present opens shop, present participle opening shop, simple past and past participle opened shop)
  1. (US, India) To begin work or operations. Tags: India, US
    Sense id: en-open_shop-en-verb-X20Dp9l6 Categories (other): American English, Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72

Inflected forms

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