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- Dictionarylabour/ˈleɪbə/
noun
- 1. work, especially physical work: "the price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT" Similar
- 2. the Labour Party: "the Labour leader"
verb
- 1. work hard; make great effort: "they laboured from dawn to dusk" Similar Opposite
- 2. have difficulty in doing something despite working hard: "United laboured against confident opponents" Similar
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LABOUR definition: 1. practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort: 2. workers, especially people…. Learn more.
a. : expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory. was sentenced to six months at hard labor. b (1) : the services performed by workers for wages as distinguished from those rendered by entrepreneurs for profits. (2) : human activity that provides the goods or services in an economy.
The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour. Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour–they have no power. Synonyms: work, effort, employment, toil More Synonyms of labour.
LABOR definition: 1. US spelling of labour 2. the Labor Party, an Australian political party that believes in social…. Learn more.
noun. productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. Antonyms: rest, leisure, idleness. the body of persons engaged in such activity, especially those working for wages. Synonyms: working class. this body of persons considered as a class ( management and capital ).
noun. productive work, esp physical toil done for wages. the people, class, or workers involved in this, esp in contrast to management, capital, etc. ( as modifier ) a labour dispute. labour relations. difficult or arduous work or effort. ( in combination ) labour-saving. a particular job or task, esp of a difficult nature.
Definition of labour noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) productive work, esp physical toil done for wages. 2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a. the people, class, or workers involved in this, esp in contrast to management, capital, etc. b. ( as modifier ): a labour dispute; labour relations. 3. a. difficult or arduous work or effort.
noun. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages. “there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field” synonyms: labour, proletariat, working class. see more. verb. strive and make an effort to reach a goal. synonyms: drive, labour, push, tug. bear on, push.
The meaning of LABOUR is chiefly British spelling of labor.