Definitions for labor
ˈleɪ bərla·bor

Princeton's WordNet(3.93 / 24 votes)Rate this definition:

1. labor, labour, working class, proletariatnoun

   a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

   "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

2. labor, labour, toilnoun

   productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

   "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

3. parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbednoun

   concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

   "she was in labor for six hours"

4. labor movement, trade union movement, labornoun

   an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

5. British Labour Party, Labour Party, Labour, Labornoun

   a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

6. Department of Labor, Labor Department, Labor, DoLnoun

   the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

7. undertaking, project, task, laborverb

   any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

   "he prepared for great undertakings"

8. tug, labor, labour, push, driveverb

   strive and make an effort to reach a goal

   "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

9. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb

   work hard

   "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

10. labor, labourverb

    undergo the efforts of childbirth

Wiktionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. labornoun

   Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.

2. labornoun

   Workers collectively; the workforce; the working class.

3. labornoun

   The labor union movement; organized labor.

4. labornoun

   The act of a mother giving birth or the time period during which a mother gives birth.

5. laborverb

   spelling of labour; see British/Commonwealth entry for definitions, etymology, pronunciation, translations, etc.

6. Labornoun

   The Australian Labor Party.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Labornoun

   physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work

2. Labornoun

   intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history

3. Labornoun

   that which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort

4. Labornoun

   travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth

5. Labornoun

   any pang or distress

6. Labornoun

   the pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging

7. Labornoun

   a measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres

8. Labornoun

   to exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil

9. Labornoun

   to exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains

10. Labornoun

    to be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of

11. Labornoun

    to be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth

12. Labornoun

    to pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea

13. Laborverb

    to work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil

14. Laborverb

    to form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care

15. Laborverb

    to prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre/uously; as, to labor a point or argument

16. Laborverb

    to belabor; to beat

17. Etymology: [OE. labouren, F. labourer, L. laborare. See Labor, n.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. labor

   The act and process of work or employment.

   The local labor laws were very effective.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Class
   • Executive Department
   • Labor Party
   • Reform Movement
   • Undergo
   • Work

Anagrams for labor »

1. lobar

2. Balor

3. bolar

4. boral

How to pronounce labor?

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   Libby

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   Hayley

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of labor in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of labor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of labor in a Sentence

1. President Jesse Sharkey:

   Acero Schools management is desperate, and our pressure is working. There is nothing illegal about our strike over wages, benefits, class size and other conditions that are mandatory subjects of bargaining under the federal labor law that governs this contract.

2. Morgan Stanley:

   I was wrong on this, i thought we would have been out of it past Labor Day, and we're not.

3. Raytheon CEO Gregory Hayes:

   It's just harder to get material in the door on time. We're also seeing, of course, labor shortages in our supply chain, which is also slowing down input, i think that's going to be a continuing problem into next year. And the vaccine mandate is probably not going to help that.

4. Naresh Gehi:

   The visa application the company filed with the government requires that people are paid the full amount, its a requirement. Palmer, who was 17 when she came to New York in 2011, was not available to comment. . TOP JAMAICAN MODEL. Sylvia Ayass, a lawyer who has worked with models on visas like Palmer's, said agencies typically pay what they state on visa applications. Donald Trump has won Republican frontrunner status in the 2016 election in large part by positioning Donald Trump as a champion of the American worker who will deport illegal immigrants, build a wall with Mexico and do away with the off shoring of U.S. jobs. This is not the first time Trump's labor practices have drawn criticism. A Reuters story published in August revealed that Trump's companies sought to import at least 1,100 workers on temporary visas since 2000. Of those, 250 were filed for foreign fashion models, according to the Reuters analysis of federal Department of Labor data. Using a federal visa program called H-1B that allows U.S. employers to hire.

5. Leonard Vallance:

   They need a good shake and I think they'll get it, i will be lodging a protest vote. It definitely will not be Liberal Party or National Party or Labor Party.

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