white-collar

a white-collar worker is someone who works in an office, doing mental rather than physical work (always before noun) The ratio of white-collar workers to production workers in the American manufacturing industry was declining. The earnings of women in white-collar jobs are the second highest in Britain. The 1980's saw an explosion in white-collar crime. (= crimes committed by white-collar workers, especially stealing from the organization they work for)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fredrik	FRED-rik (Swedish), FRED-reek (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
LemminkÄInen	-	Finnish Mythology
Gijs	KHIES	Dutch
DŨNg	-	Vietnamese
Matti	MAHT-tee	Finnish
Eliseo	e-lee-ZE-o (Italian), e-lee-SE-o (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish