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Noun: secondment  si'kónd-munt
  1. The detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere
    "His secondment to the London office lasted six months"
     
  2. A speech seconding a motion
    "The proposal received a strong secondment from the committee member";
    - second, endorsement, indorsement

Derived forms: secondments

Type of: agreement, reassignment

Encyclopedia: Secondment