Secondee
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who is seconded (“transferred temporarily to alternative employment”). . Commonwealth, UK
"At the very least, the government should consider restricting the emigration of skilled people who are in short supply and extend its monitoring system to include emigrating graduates of vocational and higher institutes, as well as government secondees and people officially contracted to work abroad."
Example
More examples"At the very least, the government should consider restricting the emigration of skilled people who are in short supply and extend its monitoring system to include emigrating graduates of vocational and higher institutes, as well as government secondees and people officially contracted to work abroad."
Etymology
From second (“to transfer (someone) temporarily to alternative employment”, verb) + -ee (suffix forming terms meaning persons or things that actions are done to).
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