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labor exchange

labor exchange is the alternative form of labour exchange.

Meaning of labour exchange

Noun

labour exchange (plural labour exchanges)

  1. (UK, dated) An employment agency, a job centre.
    • Isn't it taking candour unwisely far to anticipate clueless responses from some station staff and excuse them on the grounds that "some of the chaps you see in uniform have just arrived from the labour exchange"?1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 75

Forms of labor exchange

plurallabor exchanges

Questions about labor exchange

What is labor exchange the alternative form of?
Labor exchange is the alternative form of labour exchange.

Words near labor exchange in the dictionary

  1. labor camps
  2. labor court
  3. labor courts
  4. Labor Day
  5. Labor Days
  6. labor exchange
  7. labor exchanges
  8. labor force
  9. labor forces
  10. labor law
  11. labor market

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