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1. (n.) Parkinson's law
any of various statements about business and office management expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, as the statement that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.
Etymology: (1950–55; after C. Northcote Parkinson (born 1909), English historian, who proposed them)
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1. (noun) Parkinson's law
C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion
2. (noun) Parkinson's law
C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that the number of subordinates in an organization will increase linearly regardless of the amount of work to be done
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