labour in English

noun

1

work, especially hard physical work.

the price of repairs includes labor and parts

synonyms: work, hard work, toil, exertion, industry, drudgery, effort, menial work, slog, grind, sweat, scut work, travail, moil

2

the process of childbirth, especially the period from the start of uterine contractions to delivery.

his wife is in labor

synonyms: childbirth, birth, delivery, nativity, contractions, labor pains, parturition, travail, confinement, lying-in, accouchement, childbed

3

(in the UK or Canada) the Labour Party.

They seem to think that the way to beat Labour is to be more Leftist than Labour !

verb

1

work hard; make great effort.

they labored from dawn to dusk in two shifts

synonyms: work, work hard, toil, slave (away), grind away, struggle, strive, exert oneself, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a dog, work like a Trojan, slog away, plug away, travail, moil, strive, struggle, endeavor, work, try, work hard, try hard, make every effort, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, go all out, fight, put oneself out, apply oneself, exert oneself, bend/lean/fall over backwards, pull out all the stops, bust a gut, bust one's chops

noun

work, hard work, toil, exertion, industry, drudgery, effort, menial work, slog, grind, sweat, scut work, travail, moil
workers, employees, workmen, workforce, staff, working people, blue-collar workers, laborers, labor force, proletariat
task, job, chore, mission, assignment
childbirth, birth, delivery, nativity, contractions, labor pains, parturition, travail, confinement, lying-in, accouchement, childbed
working class, proletariat
labor department, dol
parturiency, confinement, childbed, lying-in, travail
labor movement
toil
task, project, undertaking

verb

work, strive, overemphasize, suffer from, push, grind
work, work hard, toil, slave (away), grind away, struggle, strive, exert oneself, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a dog, work like a Trojan, slog away, plug away, travail, moil
strive, struggle, endeavor, work, try, work hard, try hard, make every effort, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, go all out, fight, put oneself out, apply oneself, exert oneself, bend/lean/fall over backwards, pull out all the stops, bust a gut, bust one's chops
overemphasize, belabor, overstress, overdo, strain, overplay, make too much of, exaggerate, dwell on, harp on
suffer from, be a victim of, be deceived by, be misled by
push, tug, drive
grind, dig, fag, drudge, moil, travail, toil

Use "labour" in a sentence

1. Source: International Labour Office Yearbook of Labour Statistics 200

2. Physiocratic economists categorized production into productive labour and unproductive labour.

3. Labour is sacred).

4. " Order, Discipline, Labour ".

5. Article 5 of the Labour Code absolutely prohibits forced or compulsory labour.

6. Lao Dong (Labour)

7. "Aggregate labour productivity measures & unit labour cost, 1991", The Daily, Catalogue 11-001E.

8. Begar definition: compulsory labour , usually without payment; slave labour Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

9. Additional obstacles include a lack of labour flexibility, especially legal barriers to shedding labour.

10. Forced or compulsory labour is absolutely prohibited under article 5 of the Labour Code.

11. What does Belabour mean? To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently

12. Corvee (labour due to a feudal lord; labour on roads) drudgery, chore fatigue; Derived terms

13. The Labour/Le Travail website offers bilingual abstracts of articles concerning labour issues in Canada.

14. Other topics included child labour and forced labour (International Labour Organization), small arms, inequality (Human Development Report) and journalistic freedom (Alexia Foundation and World Press Photo).

15. Other topics included child labour and forced labour (International Labour Organization), small arms, inequality (Human Development Report) and journalistic freedom (Alexia Foundation and World Press Photo

16. You are fit for labour.

17. Arbusterol Labour cannot bully everybody

18. Unorganised women labour in India.

19. A little labour, much health.

20. 19 Some people disdain labour.

21. Labour, exasperated, broke the coalition.

22. Idle folks have most labour.

23. Well, it certainly isn't labour.

24. Are you a Labour voter?

25. Latin America lacked skilled labour.

26. Easy operation and labour saving.

27. For on a national level, New Labour has long since abandoned any Old Labour-style Antagonism …

28. Estimated proportional distribution of wages to administrative staff, direct labour and indirect labour and indirect overhead.

29. Ratings of labour productivity and unit labour cost at the L level of aggregation Table K:

30. Labour Laws. If any clause in this agreement is found to be in violation of Chinese labour laws, then Chinese labour laws shall supercede the clause in question.

31. Abstract Labour Market Information (LMI) is a policy instrument that governments use to coordinate labour market adjustments.

32. In addition to strengthening active labour market policies, the authorities have adopted a comprehensive labour market reform.

33. Rather, they affect production through their influence on labour quality and, to a lesser extent, labour quantity.

34. In addition, it would seem difficult to solve certain labour mismatches without significantly increasing interregional labour mobility.

35. Article # of Act No # of # anuary # containing the Labour Code, provides that: “Forced labour is absolutely prohibited

36. Labour costs in absolute terms decreased.

37. You started out in manual labour.

38. In lasting labour of his pilgrimage!

39. Labour have just unveiled their proposals.

40. A dishwasher can save much labour.

41. - additional deduction for incremental labour expenses

42. In-ground swimming pool - includes labour.

43. Labour lost 40 seats, retaining 151.

44. The doctor decided to induce labour .

45. They conscript both capital and labour.

46. Rice production is very labour intensive .

47. • more efficient allocation of labour; and

48. Some Labour politicians also expressed concern.

49. The Labour Party repealed the Act.

50. In-ground swimming pool – includes labour.