different between management vs scissorbill

English

Etymology

manage +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn?d?m?nt/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?mæn?d?m?nt/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /m?n?e?d?m?nt/

Noun

management (usually uncountable, plural managements)

1. (uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
2. The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
3. (uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

Synonyms

• (process or practice of managing): mgt, mgmt, mgmt., Mgmt., mng't

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Translations

Further reading

• "management" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 189.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

Noun

management m

1. (management) management

Synonyms

• ?ízení n

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?nage?ment

Noun

management n (uncountable)

1. (management) management

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na(d)?.m??/, /ma.nad?.m?nt/

Noun

management m (plural managements)

1. (management) management

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Noun

management m (invariable)

1. (management) management

Further reading

• management in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Noun

management m (plural managements)

1. management

English

Etymology

scissor +? bill

Pronunciation

Noun

scissorbill (plural scissorbills)

1. (now rare) Synonym of skimmer: birds of the genus Rynchops.
2. (US, archaic) Synonym of razorback: a variety of pig.
3. (US, derogatory) A fool, an incompetent; a yokel, a hick.
4. (IWW slang, derogatory, archaic) A foolish worker who lacks class consciousness and opposes unions; also, a company man, a drone, .

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "scissorbill, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2014.
• Scissorbill, in Dictionary of American Regional English by Joan Houston Hall. Harvard University Press: 2002, Page 786.