plum

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Editorial note

There's no fighting over "headcount" or jockeying for plum projects.

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Quick take

any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

Meaning at a glance

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noun

any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

noun

any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

noun

a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for plum.

noun

any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

noun

any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

noun

a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"

adverb

exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"

adverb

completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"

Example sentences

There's no fighting over "headcount" or jockeying for plum projects.

Being a banker is a pretty plum job and it simply weeds out people who don't really want the job that badly.

When you read that wine has "hints of spice and plums" or whatever, it's just a way of describing the profile to you and what you might be able to expect.

What isn't there is the middle-management extortion of "since I can fire you, you invest in my career, and you're lucky if I give you a 2-week 'plum' project".Everyone answers to someone, but the terms are widely variable.

These former warriors may not experience a net-loss in pay or jobs, but they get kicked back to office duty, their departments are slashed...at some point, some middle manager or higher-level exec loses their exciting, plum job.

It is still absolutely tantamount that you consume unrefined simple carbs such as strawberries, raspberries, oranges, apples, plum, pear, a long etc., and the number one fruit because of its flavanoid content: blueberries!

" The message - some workers in some factories are treated appallingly and that needs to stop and we can help it stop"I think the message ought to be that workers in most jobs in China are treated appallingly, to the extent that Foxconn is an extraordinarily plum job that thousands of people apply for every time there are openings.