SECONDMENT


Meaning of SECONDMENT in English

(~s)

Someone who is on ~ from their normal employer has been sent somewhere else temporarily in order to do special duties. (BRIT)

We have two full-time secretaries, one of whom is on ~ from the Royal Navy.

N-VAR: oft on N, N from/to n

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