a brain drain



a brain drain

the movement of people with education and skills from their own country to another country where they are paid more for their work There is a brain drain of British mathematicians to the United States.
See also: brain, drain

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gosia-Polish
LeytonLAY-tənEnglish (Rare)
Lim-Chinese
Ascelin-Ancient Germanic
MartinMAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa
Atanase-Romanian