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work force

–noun
1. the total number of workers in a specific undertaking: a holiday for the company's work force.
2. the total number of persons employed or employable: a sharp increase in the nation's work force.
Also, workforce.
Also called labor force.


Origin:
1940–45
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work force or work·force   (wûrk'fôrs', -fōrs')
n.  
  1. The workers employed in a specific project or activity.

  2. All the people working or available to work, as in a nation, company, industry, or on a project.

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