(rail transport) A train of empty passenger rolling stock that is moved from one location to another where, for example, it is needed to form a revenue-earning service.

plural of make-work job

(economics) A job that has less immediate financial benefit to the economy than it costs to support.

(idiomatic)

(idiomatic, US) Synonym of throw a spanner in the works.

Alternative form of throw a spanner in the works.

Synonym of make one's way

(informal) Synonym of throw a spanner in the works

The practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.

past participle of throw a spanner in the works