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labor force

labor force is the alternative spelling of labour force.

Meaning of labour force

Noun

labour force (plural labour forces)

  1. (UK) The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).
    • Of the total labour force now threatened with redundancy, of course, a proportion will be covered by natural wastage, so that the number eventually thrown out of railway work will be well below 19,000.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: B.R. works staff cut by a third”, in Modern Railways, page 221

Forms of labor force

plurallabor forces

Questions about labor force

What is labor force the alternative spelling of?
Labor force is the alternative spelling of labour force.

Words near labor force in the dictionary

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

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