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labour under — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms labour under : present tense I/you/we/they labour under he/she/it labours under present participle labouring under past tense laboured under past participle laboured under 1) labour under something to exist or … English dictionary
labour — [[t]le͟ɪbə(r)[/t]] ♦ labours, labouring, laboured (in AM, use labor) 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl, oft supp N Labour is very hard work, usually physical work. → See also hard labour ...the labour of seeding, pla … English dictionary
labour — labour1 W1S3 n BrE labor AmE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(workers)¦ 3¦(baby)¦ 4 a labour of love 5 somebody s labours ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(WORK)¦[U] work, especially physical work ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
labour — 1 BrE, labor AmE noun 1 WORK (U) effort or work, especially physical work: The garage charges 30 an hour for labour. | manual labour (=work with tools you hold in your hands): Building still involves a lot of manual labour. | withdraw your labour … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
labour — I UK [ˈleɪbə(r)] / US [ˈleɪbər] noun Word forms labour : singular labour plural labours *** 1) [uncountable] economics the workers in a particular country, industry, or company considered as a group the declining demand for labour in agriculture… … English dictionary
labour — (US & Austral. labor) noun 1》 work, especially hard physical work. 2》 workers, especially manual workers, collectively. 3》 (Labour) [treated as sing. or plural] the Labour Party. 4》 the process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions … English new terms dictionary
labour — [13] Labour comes via Old French labour from Latin labor. This has been linked with the verb labāre ‘slip’, and if the two were related it would mean that the underlying etymological meaning of labour was something like ‘stumble under a burden’.… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
labour — [13] Labour comes via Old French labour from Latin labor. This has been linked with the verb labāre ‘slip’, and if the two were related it would mean that the underlying etymological meaning of labour was something like ‘stumble under a burden’.… … Word origins
Labour law — concerns the inequality of bargaining power between employers and workers. Labour law (also called labor law or employment law) is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on,… … Wikipedia
labour economics — Study of how workers are allocated among jobs, how their rates of pay are determined, and how their efficiency is affected by various factors. The labour force of a country includes all those who work for gain in any capacity as well as those who … Universalium
