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labor market
noun
- the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
labor market
- An area of economic exchange in which workers seek jobs and employers seek workers. A “tight” labor market has more jobs than workers. In a “slack” labor market, the reverse is true.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of labor market1
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Example Sentences
Expensive day care pushes women out of the labor market while men continue to work outside the home.
There is excess supply in the overall labor market for all but a few categories of employees.
A closer look, however, reveals not all young Americans are sharing equally in the labor market recovery.
The labor market is improving, with the economy adding more than 200,000 jobs in October.
It turns out that the labor market was a little stronger than previously thought going into October.
The glut on the labor market was tremendous and wages reached the vanishing point in a currency which would buy little.
The overstocking of the labor market has become a menace to many trade-unions, especially those of the lesser skilled workers.
This would result in a large force of idle laborers, whose competition would have its depressing effect on the labor market.
Arbitrators make their awards with an eye to conditions within the business and to the state of the labor market.
In the beginning of the capitalistic era only male workers competed with one another on the labor market.
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