about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
industrial arts | a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools |
industrialization industrialisation industrial enterprise | the development of industry on an extensive scale |
industrial watercourse | a canal that is operated by one or more industries |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
defense program defense policy defence program defence policy | a program for defending a country against its enemies |
tax program tax policy | a program for setting taxes |
policy | a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group, it was a policy of retribution, a politician keeps changing his policies |
beggar-my-neighbor policy beggar-my-neighbour policy beggar-my-neighbor strategy beggar-my-neighbour strategy | a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others, used especially of national policy, the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy |
industrial engineering industrial management | the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways |
applied psychology industrial psychology | any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc. |
policy insurance policy insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
floater floating policy | an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location |
Dow Jones Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing |
policy | a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government, they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation |
economic policy | a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues |
fiscal policy | a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing) |
social policy | a policy of for dealing with social issues |
foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
trade policy national trading policy | a government's policy controlling foreign trade |
open-door policy open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
zero-tolerance policy | any policy that allows no exception, a zero-tolerance policy toward pedophile priests |
military-industrial complex | a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex--Dwight David Eisenhower |
Council on Environmental Policy | the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment |
industrial union vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO | the largest federation of North American labor unions, formed in |
Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO | a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in |
industrial bank industrial loan company | a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers |
Industrial Workers of the World IWW I.W.W. | a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States, founded in Chicago inand dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism, its membership declined after World War I |
industrial park | a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories |
policy maker | someone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc., policy makers often make the right decision for the wrong reason |
industrial process | a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something |
occupational disease industrial disease | disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) |
industrial air pollution | pollution resulting from an industrial plant discharging pollutants into the atmosphere |
toxic waste toxic industrial waste | poisonous waste materials, can cause injury (especially by chemical means) |
Industrial Revolution technological revolution | the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation |
industrial | suitable to stand up to hard wear, industrial carpeting |
industrial | having highly developed industries, the industrial revolution, an industrial nation |
policy-making | concerned with policy, not administration |
industrial-strength weapons-grade | extremely strong or concentrated or durable, industrial-strength detergent, weapons-grade salsa |
industrial | employed in industry, the industrial classes, industrial work |
industrial | of or relating to or resulting from industry, industrial output |