Alternative form of zero-hour contract

(UK) A contract of employment that creates an on-call arrangement in which the employee agrees to be available for work as and when required, without any particular number of hours or times of work being specified or guaranteed.

(UK, pensions) A type of UK pension scheme with specific benefits, sold prior to July 1988, available to the self-employed or employees that were not offered a workplace pension.

employment contract without a set date for termination

A contract in which the buyer and seller of work or services agree on (i) which costs are remunerable and (ii) the margin that the supplier can add to these costs. The project is then invoiced to the customer based on the actual costs incurred plus the agreed margin.

(anatomy) The tensioning of a muscle as it is being lengthened

(linguistics) An etymological phenomenon when a new word or slang term develops from shortening and slightly altering a longer word.

Synonym of Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction

(chemistry, physics) the progressive decrease in the radii of atoms of the lanthanide elements as the atomic number increases; evident in various physical properties of the elements and their compounds

An involuntary movement of the haustrum in the colon that aids in digestion.