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labor
has definitions from the fields of work,government,sociology,politics,biology,obstetrics
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[ noun ] (work) productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Examples "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Hard physical labor and undesirable hours are a part of farm life . Returns for money and labor invested may be small even in a good year . In deciding on the enterprises to be managed by family labor , compare the amount of labor that can be supplied by the family with the labor needs of various enterprises listed in table 1 . In deciding on the enterprises to be managed by family labor , compare the amount of labor that can be supplied by the family with the labor needs of various enterprises listed in table 1 . In deciding on the enterprises to be managed by family labor , compare the amount of labor that can be supplied by the family with the labor needs of various enterprises listed in table 1 . |
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[ noun ] (work,sociology) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
Synonyms Examples "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)SBA can make complete facilities inventories of all small business_concerns in labor surplus areas within budgetary and staff limitations . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)But the eagerly sought `` homogeneity '' of the Balafrej Council_of_Government was never achieved as the Istiqlal quarreled over foreign_policy , labor politics and economic development . As the more conservative group with strong backing from wealthy businessmen , the U.M.C.I.A. was generally favored against the more progressive , labor based U.N.F.P. The newer party campaigned heavily , while the older , more confident party expected the Moroccan merchants and small_businessmen to support them as they had done for many years . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)They hire a good_deal of local labor , including two members of our Trustee_Board . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Sposato needed a front , some labor stiff with a clean record to act_as business_agent of the Redhook local . Related terms |
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[ verb ] exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal
Examples "She tugged for years to make a decent living" "We have to push a little to make the deadline!" "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" Used in print (The New York Times...)But , even if Mr._Sansom labors too hard to extract more refinements of meaning and feeling from his travel experiences than the limits of language allow , he still can charm and astound . (Richard Sanders Allen, "When Fogg Flew the Mail"...)A plume of smoke rose from a Central_Vermont locomotive which idled behind a string of gravel cars , and little figures that were workmen labored to set the ruptured roadbed to rights . |
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[ noun ] (politics) a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
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[ noun ] (work,politics) an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement)
Synonyms Related terms reform_movement unionism international_workers_of_the_world union |
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[ noun ] (biology,obstetrics) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
Synonyms Examples "she was in labor for six hours" Related terms parturition premature_labor pregnancy effacement asynclitism uterine_contraction |
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[ noun ] (work,government) the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30127
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[ noun ] any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Synonyms Examples "he prepared for great undertakings" |
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