labor

[ˈleɪbər]

Definition:
1. Productive work.
2. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
3. Strive and make an effort to reach a goal.

Use 'labor' in a sentence:

1. The International Labor Organization says the number of people without jobs is increasing.
2. In Labor Day, may our labor bring everyone the fruits of spring. I wish you a happy family.
3. The signs of labor are contractions and rupture of membranes.
4. Most manual labor in the past has been replaced by modern machines.
5. Society does not sanction child labor.
6. "This would hedge the exposure that exists in your labor," he said.
7. No matter how we define him, he cannot in anyway be related to as a labor people.
8. He was given 5 months'hard labor.
9. His palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.
10. We have to balance good labor relations against the need to cut costs.
11. The report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was just as gloomy as anticipated.
12. This "smooths" the labor market and ultimately creates more jobs for locals.
13. The laboring people tried their best to dam the river.
14. He is a consultant on labor affairs to the mayor.
15. Each box requires no more than a few hours of labor to build.
16. Though the Indian labor pool is large, it is also primarily unskilled.
17. Management and labor are dickering over pay, benefits and working conditions.
18. Labor economist Harley Shaekin argues the cost needs to be viewed in perspective.
19. These new complications require the money and labor of many nations.
20. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
21. We observe a striking shift away from a labor theory among all mainline economists.
22. They should do hard labor in the day like the Chinese do.
23. I'm preparing for my Labor Day trip.
24. It's May Day. They're celebrating Labor Day.
25. The company says it is in full compliance with US labor laws.
26. They mediated the settlement between labor and management.
27. The mill was started up with scab labor.
28. Labor Day falls on a Monday this year.
29. You need to rest from your labor; you look very tired.
30. Each family farms individually and reaps the benefit of its labor.
31. Labor productivity is calculated by added value at current price.
32. The current division of labor between workers and management will alter.
33. The fruit of labor is sweetest.
34. They do manual labor in the fields all the year round.
35. He mediated a settlement between labor and management.
36. British Labor Day and International Labor Day are closely related.
37. Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.
38. Grass-fed beef production ends to be more labor-intensive as well.
39. It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.
40. The developments leave the airline with several problems, including an unsettled labor situation.
41. The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
42. I soon saw it would take me twenty years of constant labor.
43. The creation of a labor force that was accustomed to working in factories did not occur easily.
44. The Labor Day in 2011 falls on a Sunday.
45. The Labor government of Western Australia has an election due next spring.
46. The charge for labor works out at almost ten shillings an hour.
47. The British Labor Party concludes its annual conference today in Brighton.
48. It also challenges the labor force supply and the pension system.
49. In the USA, Labor Day is a national holiday.
50. The people are celebrating Labor Day. They are singing and dancing.
51. He told his son that one feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted.
52. Next to the expense of cashiers, pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers.
53. After Labor Day we start classes.
54. We'vegot stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
55. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labor.
56. Monday is a public holiday for Jamaicans—Labor Day, but no one is happy.
57. The labor party went out in1980.
58. I will take part in a voluntary labor instead of just for fun.
59. Land, labor and capital are all productive of wealth.
60. The Japanese provided the labor and the crop was divided between laborers and landowners.
61. They also hammered away at Labor's plans to raise taxes.
62. Native low-skilled workers suffer most from the competition of foreign labor.
63. The term big business referring to the biggest companies, is seen in opposition to labor.
64. We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.
65. Happy Labor Day!
66. He earns a living by casual labor.
67. He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.
68. The international labor office publishes the following statistics.
69. We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
70. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
71. Actors go through the motions of different types of labor.
72. The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery.
73. The Labor Party was in.