Meanings
nounsuccessorship (countable and uncountable, plural successorships)
plural successorships
- countableuncountableThe state, condition, or status of being a successor.
The union may have won a successorship clause in its agreement. Such a clause states that the employer will not sell the plant unless the buyer agrees to honor the agreement. If this is the case, the union has some real leverage.
1994, Michael Yates, Power on the Job: The Legal Rights of Working People
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successorship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successorship
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“successorship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successorship. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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