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 Definitions of lockout  [ˈlɒkˌaʊt]  

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Definition of 'lockout' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'lockout' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) lockout
a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms


Definition of 'lockout' Webster Dictionary 

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


Definitions of 'lockout' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

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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