stretchout

stretchout
/strech"owt'/, n.
1. a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.
2. a method of labor management by which employees do additional work without a commensurate increase in wages. Also stretch-out
[1925-30; n. use of v. phrase stretch out]

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