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31labour — / leɪbə/ noun 1. heavy work ♦ to charge for materials and labour to charge for both the materials used in a job and also the hours of work involved ♦ labour is charged at £5 an hour each hour of work costs £5 2. workers, the workforce ● We will… …
32LABOUR — s. m. Façon qu on donne aux terres en les labourant. Il faut donner un seul labour, deux labours à cette terre. Labour superficiel, léger, profond. Donner tant à un fermier pour ses labours, pour ses labours et semences. Ce fermier a six chevaux… …
33labour — 1. noun /ˈleɪ.bə/ a) Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. b) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour. 2. verb /ˈleɪ.bə/ a) To …
34labour — lit. work or the workforce. An input to any production system. It is important to geographers as many aspects of labour have spatial variations: Availability: certain types of industry may require certain types of labour and companies may… …
35labour — [ leɪbə] (d; intr.) to labour as (to labour as a migrant worker) (d; intr.) to labour under (to labour under a misconception) …
36labour — In most sociological contexts this term is synonymous with wage labour . However, in Marxism attention is often drawn to the conflicting interests of ‘Labour’ and ‘Capital’. The former is here a reference to the proletariat , and alludes to the… …
37labour — 1. noun 1) manual labour Syn: work, toil, exertion, industry, drudgery, effort; informal slog, grind 2) the conflict between capital and labour Syn: workers, employees, working people …
38labour — Labor La bor (l[=a] b[ e]r), n. [OE. labour, OF. labour, laber, labur, F. labeur, L. labor; cf. Gr. lamba nein to take, Skr. labh to get, seize.] [Written also {labour}.] 1. Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or …
39labour — n. the sequence of actions by which a baby and the afterbirth (placenta) are expelled from the uterus at childbirth. The process usually starts spontaneously about 280 days after conception, but it may be started by artificial means (see… …
40Labour — La|bour1 [ leıbər ] noun uncount the British LABOUR PARTY Labour La|bour 2 [ leıbər ] adjective relating to or supporting the British LABOUR PARTY …
