Difference between revisions of "ghostworker"
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* {{ux|dv|For government work, many '''ghostworker''' full am o.|Egbokhare_2020_ In government parastatals, there are many ghost workers.}} | * {{ux|dv|For government work, many '''ghostworker''' full am o.|Egbokhare_2020_ In government parastatals, there are many ghost workers.}} | ||
+ | * {{ux|dv|Government dey try know people wey be '''ghostworker''' for council.|NSC_Ajede_2020, The government is trying to carry out a verification exercise to know the number of non staff members who are being paid.}} | ||
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* English: someone whose name appears on a company's payroll but who doesn't actually work for the company | * English: someone whose name appears on a company's payroll but who doesn't actually work for the company |
Revision as of 19:41, 4 November 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- Ghost worker
Etymology
Borrowed from English ghostworker
Pronunciation
- góswɔ́kà
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 0
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
Definition
- Person wey no dey come work for office but e dey collect money
Noun
- For government work, many ghostworker full am o. — Egbokhare_2020_ In government parastatals, there are many ghost workers.
- Government dey try know people wey be ghostworker for council. — NSC_Ajede_2020, The government is trying to carry out a verification exercise to know the number of non staff members who are being paid.
Translations
- English: someone whose name appears on a company's payroll but who doesn't actually work for the company