body shop

English

Noun

body shop (plural body shops)

  1. (US) A workshop in which damage to the bodywork of cars is repaired.
    Synonym: panel beaters
  2. A consultancy that recruits workers (generally in information technology) in order to contract out their services on a tactical short- to mid-term basis.
    • 2013, Vivek Wadhwa, The Immigrant Exodus, page 53:
      Flouting employment discrimination laws, unethical body shops blatantly advertise in US publications for jobs that clearly target foreign nationals.

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