labour
Use Labour in a sentence
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labour or labor (ˈleɪbə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | productive work, esp physical toil done for wages |
| 2. | a. the people, class, or workers involved in this, esp in contrast to management, capital, etc |
| b. (as modifier): a labour dispute; labour relations | |
| 3. | a. difficult or arduous work or effort |
| b. (in combination): labour-saving | |
| 4. | a particular job or task, esp of a difficult nature |
| 5. | a. the process or effort of childbirth or the time during which this takes place |
| b. (as modifier): labour pains | |
| 6. | labour of love something done for pleasure rather than gain |
| —vb (usually foll by under) | |
| 7. | (intr) to perform labour; work |
| 8. | (intr; |
| 9. | to be burdened (by) or be at a disadvantage (because of): to labour under a misapprehension |
| 10. | (intr) to make one's way with difficulty |
| 11. | (tr) to deal with or treat too persistently: to labour a point |
| 12. | (intr) (of a woman) to be in labour |
| 13. | (intr) (of a ship) to pitch and toss |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin labor; perhaps related to lābī to fall] | |
| labor or labor | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin labor; perhaps related to lābī to fall] | |
| 'labouringly or labor | |
| —adv | |
| 'laboringly or labor | |
| —adv | |
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Labour
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Example sentences
Labour unions who dominate the utilities and all the tax money they can levy from it.
There was no money or labour expended in producing it.
Perhaps your advisor wants to use you for free labour.
Money is also a store of potential energy that can be released when needed, with the purchase of goods, energy and labour.
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