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 Most manual labor in the past has been replaced by modern machines.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.