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non-agricultural

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  • noun Alternative spelling of nonagricultural.

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Examples

  • But in 1968, the state changed its mind again and proceeded to nationalize 55,636 small businesses (groceries, butcher shops, laundries, barber shops, boarding houses), essentially eliminating all non-agricultural retail still left in Cuba.

    Javier Corrales: Cuba's Latest Reforms Won't Work Javier Corrales 2010

  • But in 1968, the state changed its mind again and proceeded to nationalize 55,636 small businesses (groceries, butcher shops, laundries, barber shops, boarding houses), essentially eliminating all non-agricultural retail still left in Cuba.

    Javier Corrales: Cuba's Latest Reforms Won't Work Javier Corrales 2010

  • The Fair Labor Standards Act sets the minimum wage for most non-agricultural work at age 14, but it does prohibit youth from working in manufacturing, mining or performing other "hazardous jobs."

    Chuck E. Cheese Fined For Multiple Child Labor Law Violations 2011

  • The slowdown in job growth was not only in agriculture, where it could be expected, but in non-agricultural activities, where the rate of employment growth has nearly halved from 4.7% annual rate to 2.5%.

    India must be aware of the dangers posed by jobless growth 2011

  • Under the National Labor Relations Act, which covers most non-agricultural workers, employers can recognize a union through card check, but they also have the right to demand a secret ballot election.

    Forgetting Cesar Chavez 2011

  • The roughly 16-block area that makes up the downtown business district provides Cullman with most of its sales tax revenue and non-agricultural jobs, said Kirk Mancer , president of the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce.

    Town's Goal: Rebuild Historic Business District Ryan Dezember 2011

  • But it seems to me that if you're going to ban deer baiting, then you'd better ban bird feeders, and should probably heavily consider banning non-agricultural food plots of rape and clover and such.

    On Stiffer Penalties To Battle Baiting 2009

  • IMF officials estimate that government agencies or state-run enterprises account for upward of 77 percent of the non-agricultural employment in Egypt.

    Arab nations lag behind rest of world economically, despite oil and natural gas 2011

  • But it seems to me that if you're going to ban deer baiting, then you'd better ban bird feeders, and should probably heavily consider banning non-agricultural food plots of rape and clover and such.

    On Stiffer Penalties To Battle Baiting 2009

  • County officials said the decision will prevent non-agricultural landowners from enjoying a benefit designed to protect farmers.

    Tax Break on Farmland Faces Scrutiny in San Mateo County Bobby White 2011

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