labor : Idioms & Phrases

• a labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself, without expectation of reward.

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• noun a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
  AFL.
  

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• noun the largest federation of North American labor unions; formed in 1955
  AFL-CIO.
  

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• noun a former political party in the United States; formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party
  

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• noun the oldest political party in Australia, founded in 1891; the party is moderately liberal
  

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• noun a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States
  

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Day"-la`bor noun

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1. Labor hired or performed by the day. Milton.

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• noun a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913
  

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• noun the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
  Labor; DoL; Department of Labor.
  

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• noun painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency
  Braxton-Hicks contraction.
  

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• noun a former minor political party in the United States in the early 20th century
  

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• the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves.

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Hard"-la`bored adjective

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1. Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied. Swift.

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• noun (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac
  

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• noun the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor
  ILO; International Labour Organization.
  

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• a secret organization whose professed purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen as respects their relations to their employers. U. S.

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• noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
  PPK; Kurdistan Workers Party; Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan.
  

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• noun contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions
  labor agreement; collective agreement.
  

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• noun a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor
  labour camp.
  

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• noun an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
  birthing coach; doula; monitrice.
  

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• noun contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions
  labor agreement; collective agreement.
  

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• noun first Monday in September in the United States and Canada
  

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• noun the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
  Labor; DoL; Department of Labor.
  

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• noun the source of trained people from which workers can be hired
  labor force.
  

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• noun a leader of a labor movement
  

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• noun the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers
  

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• noun an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
  trade union movement; labor.
  

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• noun productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation
  labour of love.
  

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• noun someone who enlists workers to join a union
  organizer; organiser.
  

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• noun pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor
  labor pain.
  

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• noun a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth
  birth pangs; labour pains.
  
• noun pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor
  labor pain.
  

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• noun a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people
  labour party.
  

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• noun the source of trained people from which workers can be hired
  labor force.
  

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• noun resources of available manpower
  

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• noun the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor
  Labor Secretary.
  
  • the first Labor Secretary was William B. Wilson who was appointed by President Wilson
• noun the position of the head of the Department of Labor
  Labor Secretary.
  
  • the post of Labor Secretary was created in 1913

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• noun an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
  union; trades union; brotherhood; trade union.
  
  • you have to join the union in order to get a job

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• adjective satellite requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital
  labour-intensive.
  
  • cottage industries are labor intensive

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La"bor-sav`ing adjective

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1. Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, laborsaving machinery.

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• unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. Bale.

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• noun labor done with the hands
  manual labour.
  

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• noun an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
  NLRB.
  

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• noun employees who are represented by a labor union
  

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• noun labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation
  premature labour.
  

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• noun head of a former executive department created in 1903 and divided into two departments in 1913
  

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• noun the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor
  Labor Secretary.
  
  • the first Labor Secretary was William B. Wilson who was appointed by President Wilson
• noun the position of the head of the Department of Labor
  Labor Secretary.
  
  • the post of Labor Secretary was created in 1913

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• noun a political party in the United States; formed in 1874 to advocate the peaceful introduction of socialism
  

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• a definite amount of labor required for the public service in making roads, bridges, etc., as in certain English colonies.

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