NUM, THE


Meaning of NUM, THE in English

NUM, the /ˌen juː ˈem/ BrE AmE abbreviation for

the National Union of Mineworkers; a ↑ trade union in the UK for ↑ miner s and other people who work in the ↑ mining industry. Until the 1984–5 miners’ ↑ strike , it was an important union, but it lost a lot of power after many mines were closed.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.