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  • SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
  • USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
  • USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
  • BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
  • NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
  • RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1285 entries.


FINANCIAL PENALTIES 

FINE 

FINES 

Scope Note: A financial penalty charged to a person or corporation for illegal behaviour.

FINLAND 

FIRM SIZE (VAR) 

FIRST JOB WAGES 

Scope Note: A wage that allows employers to pay less to those 'new' to the workforce.

FISHERMEN 

FISHERS 

FISHING 

FISSURED EMPLOYMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The practice of employers devolving responsibility for their employees to complex networks of suppliers and franchsies.