labour
[ˈleɪbər]
Definition:
1. Work, especially physical work.
2. A task or period of work.
3. Work hard.
4. Strive and make an effort to reach a goal.
'labour' example sentence:
- He's still labouring under the impression that he's written a great book.
- Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour.
- I left because the job was just slave labour.
- He was co-opted into the Labour Government of 1964.
- The bill was sponsored by a Labour MP.
- The mines were manned by forced labour from conquered countries.
- Jane was in labour for ten hours.
- He always votes Labour.
- A system of forced labour was used on the cocoa plantations.
- He's on the right of the Labour Party.
- The polls have given Labour a five-point lead.
- We are asking people to boycott goods from companies that use child labour.
- The company wants to keep down labour costs.
- To attract investors, Panama has adjusted its tax and labour laws.
- He became a colossus of the labour movement.
- Voting showed a 10% swing to Labour.
- In the 1990s the Labour Party rebranded itself as New Labour.
- People under the age of 40 constitute the majority of the labour force.
- The government revoked her husband's licence to operate migrant labour crews.
- Labour is ahead in the poll.
- The Conservatives are trailing Labour in the opinion polls.
- The workers voted to withdraw their labour.
- Repairs involve skilled labour, which can be expensive.
- The labour secretary said the reforms would generate new jobs.
- Workers have threatened to withdraw their labour.
- Local companies pitched in with building materials and labour.
- The price will include the labour and materials.
- A million young people enter the labour market each year.
- She went into labour early.
- They laboured for years to clear their son's name.
- Employers want cheap labour and consumers want cheap houses.
- There is an abundant supply of cheap labour.
- Employers are using immigrants as cheap labour.
- He was in his study labouring away over some old papers.
- She belongs to the Labour Party.
- The Conservatives won the seat from Labour in the last election.
- Labour swept to victory in 2001.
- The use of cheap labour helped to keep costs down.
- Raw materials and labour come by ship, rail or road.
- He was so exhausted from the day's labours that he went straight to bed.
- Huge palaces were built by slave labour.
- He was sentenced to two years in a labour camp.
- Female workers constitute the majority of the labour force.
- He says the reduction of the labour force could be significant.
- The current division of labour between workers and management will alter.
- The booklet contains information on pain relief during labour.
- The report studies the organization of labour within the company.