CLOSED SHOP


Meaning of CLOSED SHOP in English

n. phr. 1. A plant or factory that employs only union workers. Our firm has been fighting the closed shop policy for many years now. 2. A profession or line of work dominated by followers of a certain mode of thinking and behaving that does not tolerate differing views or ideas. Certain groups of psychologists, historians, and linguists often behave with a closed-shop mentality.

Antonym: OPEN SHOP.

American idioms English vocabulary.      Английский словарь американских идиом.