Today’s “Word of the Day” is skive and it is a verb meaning “to avoid work, school, etc by staying away or by leaving without authorisation; skive off, fake illness, dodge/evade one’s duty, bunk off, cut”.
Example Sentence: Not so long ago many companies had an aversion (dislike) to their staff working from home. Managers felt they needed to keep tabs on what workers were doing. Otherwise there would be skiving on an industrial (very large) scale, which would affect the bottom line.
This word is present in The The Guardian article HSBC is biggest loser in never-ending US-China global power play and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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