Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trade union

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: trade u-nion
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.

Example Sentences

"When the first wave of postwar immigrants arrived in Britain in the 1950s and ’60s, it was a period of rising wages, full employment, an expanding welfare state and strong trade unions. Today, Britain’s manufacturing base has all but disappeared, working-class communities have disintegrated, unions have been neutered and the welfare state has begun to crumble."
", labour union (Canada), labor union (Canada, US)"

Inflected Forms

trade unions (plural) trades unions (plural) trades union (alternative, UK)

Phrases

trade unionism trade unionist enterprise union

Frequently Paired Words

enterprise union

Synonyms

union labor union trades union brotherhood

Questions

What does trade union mean?: An organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.

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