plural of tax shift

(economics) a change in taxation that eliminates or reduces some taxes and establishes or increases others, thereby keeping the overall revenue the same

(linguistics) the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language

An early evening shift of work.

plural of twilight shift

(linguistics, phonology) A phonological modification of a vowel system in which a change in a particular vowel causes other adjacent vowels to also change in order to avoid vowel mergers.

plural of chain shift

To surreptitiously restore a deck of cards to their original sequence after having cut the deck.

Alternative form of shift one's ground

the person who leads a shift (at a job)