(n) quarry
stone pit
(n) coal mine
(n) marker
(n) list of marks
(n) cotton picker (machine)
(n) oil concession
drilling rights
(n,adj-f) unprofitability
(n) rejection (of an application)
(n,vs) employment of workers through (personal) connections
getting a job through one's personal connection
(n) steamroller voting
steamrollering
(P)
(exp) to take a vote
(n) insect collecting
(n,n-adv) just-harvested
something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
(n) below the break-even point
(n,vs) compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points
(n) employment examination
(n) employment screening
employment selection (for job applicants)
(n) plant collecting
(n) mid-career recruitment
(exp) to take the ayes and noes
(v1,vt) (1) to take up
to pick up
(2) to accept
to adopt
to listen to
(3) to disqualify
to confiscate
to deprive
(4) to adopt (child)
(v1,vt) (1) to harvest
to reap
(2) to take in
to gather in
(3) to adopt
(n) (comp) not supported
(exp) to gather edible wild plants
(n) hunters and gatherers
(n) conditional acceptance
(n) a self-supporting accounting system
(n) (1) non-profit sector
(2) unprofitable business or department
(n) skylight
dormer
transom
(n) conditional acceptance