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zero-hours

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary

zero-hours
adjective British denoting or relating to a contract of employment that does not include a guarantee of regular work for the employee, who is paid only for the hours they actually work:
their survey suggested that one million people are employed on low-security zero-hours contracts
the Institute is hiring more zero-hours workers.