discrimination — di‧scrim‧i‧na‧tion [dɪˌskrɪmˈneɪʆn] noun [uncountable] 1. ECONOMICS the process of treating one market, country, type of product etc differently from another: • the discrimination in favour of imported wine when it comes to excise duty ˈprice… … Financial and business terms
Discrimination in the United States — Discrimination, according to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, is the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently.[1] This term is used to highlight the difference of treatment between members of different… … Wikipedia
Job interview — Oakland, California. Hanging Around. The total time spent in actual interviews while hunting a job takes only a small part of the day; unwilling to go home these youths spend most of their day hanging around and talking with other job hunters.… … Wikipedia
Discrimination — This article focuses on discrimination in sociology, not statistical discrimination. For other uses of the term, see the entry for discrimination at Wiktionary. Part of a series on … Wikipedia
discrimination — noun 1 treating a person/group unfairly ADJECTIVE ▪ gender, sex, sexual, sexual orientation (esp. AmE) ▪ age, class, race, racial … Collocations dictionary
discrimination — di|scrim|i|na|tion [dıˌskrımıˈneıʃən] n [U] 1.) the practice of treating one person or group differently from another in an unfair way ▪ laws to prevent discrimination discrimination against ▪ widespread discrimination against older people in the … Dictionary of contemporary English
Job (role) — For other uses, see Job (disambiguation). A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour (in … Wikipedia
Discrimination faced by the Bihari community in India — Bihari communities living in other states have been subjected to a growing degree of racial discriminationVir Sanghvi, [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/state of neglect deluged bihar falls off govt map/72343 3 p0.html The Bhaiyya Effect] , Hindustan… … Wikipedia
job turning — American reducing the responsibility and pay associated with an appointment The procedure is adopted by an organization when, to fill a quota or to avoid being sued for discrimination, it is obliged to appoint to a situation someone whom … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Statistical discrimination — is an economic theory of inequality based on group stereotypes. In its simplest version, individuals are discriminated against because stereotypes are held against the groups they are associated with. This type of preferential treatment is… … Wikipedia