Definitions
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- prefix Prefix meaning "
against ", "contrary to", "in opposition to", "counter- ". - prefix Prefix denoting
reciprocal action; "in return "; "counter- ". - prefix Prefix denoting restoration or a return to a previous state; "
back again ". - prefix Prefix denoting repetition; "
over again "; "anew ";again- .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Both sides have been talking about reducing the corporate gain-
FAIR Thee Well? 2011
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Both sides have been talking about reducing the corporate gain-
FAIR Thee Well? 2011
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Corporations were faced with clear alternatives: Either they could revamp their managerial structures entirely, abandoning the structure of top-down control established after World War II, in order to forge the kind of cooperation and gain- and pain-sharing that might have smoothed the transition to an era of lower and falling profits; or they could deepen their reliance on top-down control and make up for the loss of worker incentives that falling wages imposed with an intensification of supervisory control.
FAT and MEAN DAVID M. GORDON 2003
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Corporations were faced with clear alternatives: Either they could revamp their managerial structures entirely, abandoning the structure of top-down control established after World War II, in order to forge the kind of cooperation and gain- and pain-sharing that might have smoothed the transition to an era of lower and falling profits; or they could deepen their reliance on top-down control and make up for the loss of worker incentives that falling wages imposed with an intensification of supervisory control.
FAT and MEAN DAVID M. GORDON 2003
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Corporations were faced with clear alternatives: Either they could revamp their managerial structures entirely, abandoning the structure of top-down control established after World War II, in order to forge the kind of cooperation and gain- and pain-sharing that might have smoothed the transition to an era of lower and falling profits; or they could deepen their reliance on top-down control and make up for the loss of worker incentives that falling wages imposed with an intensification of supervisory control.
FAT and MEAN DAVID M. GORDON 2003
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