Meanings
noun
alternative division of labor
- economicsThe separation of work into different categories or tasks, each category or task being carried out by different groups of workers.
Translations
Arabic تَقْسِيم الْعَمَل
- تَقْسِيم الْعَمَل (taqsīm al-ʕamal)separation of work
Basque lanaren zatiketa
- lanaren zatiketaseparation of work
Bengali শ্রম বিভাজন
- শ্রম বিভাজন (srom bibhajon)separation of work
Bulgarian разделение на труда
- разделение на труда (razdelenie na truda)separation of work
Catalan divisió del treball
- divisió del treballseparation of work
Chinese Mandarin 分工
- 分工 (fēngōng)separation of work
Czech dělba práce
- dělba práceseparation of work
Danish arbejdsdeling
- arbejdsdelingseparation of work
Dutch arbeidsdeling, werkverdeling
- arbeidsdelingseparation of work
- werkverdelingseparation of work
Esperanto labordivido
- labordividoseparation of work
Estonian tööjaotus
- tööjaotusseparation of work
Finnish työnjako
- työnjakoseparation of work
French division du travail
- division du travailseparation of work
German Arbeitsteilung
- Arbeitsteilungseparation of work
Greek καταμερισμός της εργασίας
- καταμερισμός της εργασίας (katamerismós tis ergasías)separation of work
Hebrew חלוקת עבודה
- חלוקת עבודהseparation of work
Hindi श्रम का विभाजन
- श्रम का विभाजन (śram kā vibhājan)separation of work
Hungarian munkamegosztás
- munkamegosztásseparation of work
Indonesian pembagian kerja
- pembagian kerjaseparation of work
Italian divisione del lavoro
- divisione del lavoroseparation of work
Japanese 分業
- 分業separation of work
Korean 분업화
- 분업화 (buneophwa)separation of work
Lithuanian darbo pasidalinimas
- darbo pasidalinimasseparation of work
Persian تقسیم کار
- تقسیم کارseparation of work
Polish podział pracy
- podział pracyseparation of work
Portuguese divisão do trabalho
- divisão do trabalhoseparation of work
Romanian diviziunea muncii
- diviziunea munciiseparation of work
Russian разделе́ние труда́
- разделе́ние труда́ (razdelénije trudá)separation of work
Slovak deľba práce
- deľba práceseparation of work
Spanish división del trabajo
- división del trabajoseparation of work
Swedish arbetsfördelning
- arbetsfördelningseparation of work
Thai การแบ่งงานกันทำ
- การแบ่งงานกันทำseparation of work
Turkish iş bölümü
- iş bölümüseparation of work
Ukrainian поділ праці
- поділ праці (podil praci)separation of work
Vietnamese phân công lao động
- phân công lao độngseparation of work
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APA
division of labour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/division%20of%20labour
MLA
“division of labour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/division%20of%20labour. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “division of labour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/division%20of%20labour.
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