body shop

English

Pronunciation

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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.

Related terms

• auto body
• body shopping

Translations

workshop

• Finnish: peltikorjaamo
• French: carrosserie (fr) f
• German: Karosseriebauer m
• Greek: αμαξοποιείο n (amaxopoieío)
• Italian: carrozzeria (it) f
• Portuguese: lanternagem f
• Spanish: chapista f, latonería (es) f, carrocería (es) f