Definition of "secondment" []

• The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment (noun)

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• "My Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has been an active contributor to planning activities for this conference, including a short-term secondment of an officer from our Latin America section and some financial assistance."
• "On 6 August 1945, Yamaguchi, a young engineer with the shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, was in Hiroshima at the end of a short-term secondment with two colleagues."
• "StaffShare allows organisations to register individuals, who could be under-utilised or at risk of redundancy, on a website offering their services on short - or medium-term secondment basis."