(~s)
If you use one thing as a ~ of another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing.
Job security has become the ~ of a good job for many employees.
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If you use one thing as a ~ of another, you use it as a test or standard by which you judge the second thing.
Job security has become the ~ of a good job for many employees.
N-COUNT: usu N of/for n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012