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secondment

(sɪˈkɒndmənt)

(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Brit a temporary transfer to another job or post within the same organization

[C19: from French en second in second rank (or position)]

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Noun	1.	secondment - a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" endorsement, indorsement, second agreement - the verbal act of agreeing
	2.	secondment - the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere reassignment - assignment to a different duty

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distaccamento

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secondment

[sɪˈkɒndmənt] N → traslado m
on secondment → trasladado, destacado
she is on secondment to section B → ha sido trasladada temporalmente a la sección B, está destacada en la sección B

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secondment

[sɪˈkɒndmənt] n (British) → détachement m
to be on secondment → être en détachementsecond name n → nom m de famillesecond person n (GRAMMAR) the second person singular → la deuxième personne du singulier
the second person plural → la deuxième personne du plurielsecond-rate [ˌsɛkəndˈreɪt] adj [goods] → de qualité inférieure; [work] → médiocre; [writer, actor, player, film] → de seconde zone; [service, meal] → médiocresecond sight n
to have second sight → avoir le don de double vuesecond string

n (mainly US) (SPORT) (= player) → remplaçant(e) m/f (= team) → équipe f réserve

adj (mainly US) (SPORT) [team] → réserve; [player, horse] → remplaçant(e)second-tier [ˌsɛkəndˈtɪə^r] modif (= second-rate) [player, writer, actor, film] → de seconde zonesecond wind [ˌsɛkəndˈwɪnd] n → second souffle m
to get one's second wind → trouver un second souffleSecond World War n
the Second World War → la seconde guerre mondiale

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secondment

n (Brit) → Abordnung f; to be on secondment → abgeordnet sein

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secondment

[sɪˈkɒndmənt] n (Brit) (of employee) → distaccamento

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Agree with an appropriate method with the employer for measuring the success of the secondment for all parties concerned.

Managing a secondment

The book, titled 'DC Confidential', deals with Sir Christopher's years with the Foreign Office and his secondment to Downing Street as press aide to John Major, reports The Guardian.

UK PCC chairman will not take fee for newspaper serialisation of his book

Joining on a two-year secondment from the Seafish Industry Authority where he worked as a regional training adviser, Ian will support Improve's Scotland Manager.

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Currently on secondment from the Ministry of Agriculture to the RGT, Stow attended Tuesday's sponsored meeting at the Byker track before setting off down the A1.