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Parkinson's Law

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Parkinson's Law
n.
Any of several satirical observations propounded as economic laws, especially "Work expands to fill the time available for its completion."
[After Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993), British historian.]
Parkinson's law
Noun
the notion that work expands to fill the time available for its completion [after C. N. Parkinson, historian and writer]
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Noun1.Parkinson's law - C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion
2.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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