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1. (n.) lockout
the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer's terms.
Etymology: (1850–55)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) lockout
a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) lockout
the closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. lockout
the exclusion of workmen from a factory by the employer to bring them to terms which they decline to accept.
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