labour market

labour market
labour market UK US noun [countable] [singular labour market plural labour markets] economics
the number of people who are available to work, considered together with all the available jobs

There’s been a fall in the number of young people entering the labour market.

More women were entering the labour market.

Thesaurus: workers considered as a groupsynonym general words relating to jobs and workhypernym

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ˈlabour market f1000 [labour market] (especially US ˈlabor market) noun
the number of people who are available for work in relation to the number of jobs available

young people about to enter the labour market


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