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division of labour

division of labour noun: the separation of work into different categories or tasks, each category or task being carried out by different groups of workers.

Noun

division of labour

  1. The separation of work into different categories or tasks, each category or task being carried out by different groups of workers.

division of labour meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

division of labour in Hindi

separation of work
श्रम का विभाजन śram kā vibhājan

division of labour in Tamil

வலைப்பிரிவு முறை, வலை பிரிப்பு, வலைப் பகுப்பு, செயல் பங்கீடு

division of labour in Bengali

separation of work
শ্রম বিভাজন srom bibhajon

division of labour in Malayalam

separation of work
തൊഴിൽ വിഭജനം toḻil vibhajanaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
division of labour in Kannada
ಕೆಲಸದ ಹಂಚಿಕೆ, ಶ್ರಮದ ಹಂಚಿಕೆ
division of labour in Arabic
تَقْسِيم الْعَمَل taqsīm al-ʕamal
division of labour in Indonesian
pembagian kerja
division of labour in Persian
تقسیم کار
division of labour in Thai
การแบ่งงานกันทำ
division of labour in Vietnamese
phân công lao động

Forms of division of labour

alternative formdivision of labor

Words formed from division of labour

Questions about division of labour

What does division of labour mean?
Division of labour means the separation of work into different categories or tasks, each category or task being carried out by different groups of workers.
What is division of labour in Hindi?
Division of labour in Hindi is श्रम का विभाजन (śram kā vibhājan). See Division of labour meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is division of labour?
Division of labour is a noun.

Words near division of labour in the dictionary

  1. division bell
  2. division bells
  3. division level
  4. division levels
  5. division of labor
  6. division of labour
  7. division ring
  8. division rings
  9. division sign
  10. division signs
  11. division slash

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Adapted from Wiktionary: division of labour (page history and authors); division of labour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); division of labour (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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