troops

troops
 Workers.
 ► “Assistant Attorney General Anne K. Bingaman’s antitrust troops are looking into whether, as rivals and PC makers allege, Microsoft Corp. is using anticompetitive tactics with their new software, Windows 95.” (Business Week, July 10, 1995, p. 100)

American business jargon. 2014.

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  • Troops — Студийный альбом Dunkelwerk Дата выпуска 21 ноября 2005 Жанр Electro/Electro industrial Длит …   Википедия

  • troops — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ crack (BrE), elite ▪ additional, extra ▪ armed ▪ a division of up to 6 000 heavily armed troops ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • troops — n. 1) to commit; deploy; dispatch; lead troops 2) to review troops 3) to station troops (in a country) 4) green; seasoned troops 5) defeated; demoralized; victorious troops 6) airborne; armored; ground; irregular; motorized; mounted; regular;… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • troops — A collective term for uniformed military personnel (usually not applicable to naval personnel afloat). See also airborne troops; combat service support elements; combat support troops; service troops; tactical troops …   Military dictionary

  • troops — Synonyms and related words: armed force, armed service, army, array, career soldiers, fighting force, fighting machine, firepower, forces, ground forces, ground troops, hands, host, legions, men, military establishment, occupation force,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Troops — A troop is a military unit.Troops can also refer to: * An army force without considering component units. * Military personnel in uniform. * An army cavalry unit of a cavalry regiment, equivalent to a company of an infantry regiment. * A unit… …   Wikipedia

  • troops — n. soldiers, armed forces truːp n. group; pack; unit of soldiers or policemen; military unit of armored cavalry or cavalry having a headquarters group and at least two platoons; soldier v. gather in a group; move in a group; march or walk in… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • troops — noun military personnel in uniform There are 10,000 troops in Iraq. Syn: soldiers …   Wiktionary

  • troops — The troops Glesga Glossary Group of friends …   English dialects glossary

  • troops — n. pl. 1. Throngs, gangs. 2. Army, soldiers, forces, legions, armed force, military force, body of troops …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • troops — para·troops; …   English syllables

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