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Parkinson's Law in American English
any of several satirical statements expressed as economic laws, as one to the effect that work expands to fill the time allotted to it
the statement, expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion

Parkinson's law in British English
noun: the notion, expressed facetiously as a law of economics, that work expands to fill the time available for its completion

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