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laborshed

laborshed noun: a regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.

Noun

laborshed (plural laborsheds)

  1. A regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.
    • Greater Dubuque Development Corp.'s 2006 analysis, conducted by Iowa Workforce Development, surveyed some 600 qualifying working-age residents in the multi-county laborshed area.2006 August 9, “Study: Worker pool overflowing”, in Telegraph Herald, Dubuque Iowa, page 1

Forms of laborshed

plurallaborsheds

Origin of laborshed

By analogy from watershed, likening the regional workforce to the catchment of a river system.

Questions about laborshed

What does laborshed mean?
Laborshed means a regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.
What part of speech is laborshed?
Laborshed is a noun.
What is the plural of laborshed?
The plural of laborshed is laborsheds.

Words near laborshed in the dictionary

  1. laborously
  2. labors
  3. labors of love
  4. labors the point
  5. laborsaving
  6. laborshed
  7. laborsheds
  8. laborsome
  9. Labossiere
  10. Labossieres
  11. labotomy

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