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  • 21labour — 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… …

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  • 22supply — for GST purposes, supply is defined as: The quantity of a good available to meet demand. Supply consists of inventories from previous production, current production, and expected future production. Because resources are scarce, supply creates… …

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  • 23labour — (BrE) (AmE labor) noun 1 work ADJECTIVE ▪ manual, physical ▪ back breaking, forced, hard ▪ He was sentenced to four years hard labour for his crime …

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  • 24supply — sup|ply1 W2S3 [səˈplaı] n plural supplies ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amount available)¦ 2¦(necessary things)¦ 3 gas/electricity/water etc supply 4¦(act of supplying)¦ 5 supply ship/convoy/route etc ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(AMOUNT AVAILABLE)¦ …

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  • 25Labour in India — India s labour force exhibits extremes ranging from large numbers of illiterate workers unaccustomed to machinery or routine, to a sizable pool of highly educated scientists, technicians, and engineers, capable of working anywhere in the world. A …

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  • 26labour*/*/ — [ˈleɪbə] noun I 1) [U] the workers in a country, industry, or company when they are thought of as a group labour costs[/ex] a plentiful supply of cheap labour[/ex] the demand for skilled labour[/ex] 2) [U] workers organizations and their leaders… …

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  • 27Ministry of Supply — The Ministry of Supply (MoS) was a department of the UK Government formed in 1939 to co ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply. There was, however, a separate ministry responsible for… …

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  • 28New Zealand Labour Party — Rōpū Reipa o Aotearoa President Moira Coatsworth …

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  • 29Reserve army of labour — is a concept in Karl Marx s critique of political economy. It refers basically to the unemployed in capitalist society. It is synonymous with industrial reserve army or relative surplus population , except that the relative surplus population… …

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  • 30indirect labour — 1) Employees of a contractor who carry out work for another organization. This organization employs the contractor to supply the labour for a particular task. For example, some councils use a contractor, and indirect labour, to collect refuse. 2) …

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