Associations to the word «Secondment»

Wiktionary

SECONDMENT, noun. The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.

Dictionary definition

SECONDMENT, noun. A speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?".
SECONDMENT, noun. The detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke