superseniority

superseniority
\\|süpə(r)+\ noun
Etymology: super- + seniority
: seniority unrelated to length of actual service; especially : additional service sometimes credited to a union official or veteran or granted temporarily to insure a union official being employed while holding office — called also synthetic seniority

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/sooh'peuhr seen yawr"i tee, -yor"-/, n.
seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
[SUPER- + SENIORITY]

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