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taft-hartley

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables
taft-hart-ley
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hire a non-union actor on a unionized production.

noun

A form used on SAG union projects when an actor is hired who is non-union.

Etymology

From the Taft–Hartley Act as applied to the Screen Actors Guild policies.

Inflected Forms

Taft-Hartleys (present, singular) Taft-Hartleying (participle, present) Taft-Hartleyed (participle, past) Taft-Hartleyed (past) Taft-Hartleys (plural)

Questions

What does taft-hartley mean?
To hire a non-union actor on a unionized production.
Where does taft-hartley come from?
From the Taft–Hartley Act as applied to the Screen Actors Guild policies.

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