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Meanings of labour in English
Catalan
partit laborista 
A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries.
Synonyms
Examples for "labor"
Examples for "labor"
1
The king toils; the priests toil; the powers of the world labor.
2
South African labor law requires clear formal processes for strikes and walk-outs.
3
We are in the land of the cheapest labor in the world.
4
Among other urgent government priorities were addressing drought, labor and economic problems.
5
His was the labor and worry; they gathered in the financial harvest.
1
The common life-thelife of people-thedaily toil-the pangs and the struggles.
2
And then the toil and self-denial for the stocking and the tree
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It had been completed only thirty years ago, after generations of toil.
4
The lily may grow; the man must fret and toil and spin.
5
To some breath control seems second nature; others must toil for it.
1
As a result of the court decision, several people quit their confinement.
2
He was in solitary confinement when the so-called Great Escape took place.
3
Go ahead and start moving them out of the confinement area now.
4
She is being held in solitary confinement for her safety, said William.
5
I am proved right, it was by no means my last confinement.
1
Each morn that dawns I wake in travail and in woe, And
2
The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day.
3
The travail is already begun in you that will form the Christ.'
4
He eliminates it with stern effort and much travail of the spirit.
5
In such travail of soul, he who suffers through suffering is satisfied.
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But it's certain he left his wife while she was in childbed.
2
This is my fourth childbed and at least I know what to expect.
3
Special treatment of the ghosts of women who died in childbed.
4
She died at sea in childbed, but brought forth a maid-child called Marina.
5
But I fear childbed fever has robbed me of any vestige of beauty.
1
Sometimes, the choice is not theirs if, for instance, the parturiency came as a consequence of sexual assault.
1
Plenty of these scrawny infants may be seen in the lying-in hospitals.
2
Constipation, for various reasons, becomes a regular feature of the lying-in period.
3
Or I'll take myself back to the mauntery for the final lying-in.
Usage of labour in English
1
South African labour law requires clear formal processes for strikes and walk-outs.
2
Sunak's focus on the labour market is welcome given worrying survey data.
3
Italy's social security and labour taxes are among the highest in Europe.
4
Mr Blumenfeld said labour laws needed to offer more protection to workers.
5
The effects of the crisis on the labour market were relatively uneven.
6
Company bosses have raised growing concerns about labour shortages as a result.
7
Democratic Left, the junior partner, abstained in protest at labour market reforms.
8
Rising labour costs and weak demand remained key factors constraining companies' growth.
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And it was also seen as intensifying competition between countries' labour forces.
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The plan involves creating greater employment opportunities and more labour market flexibility.
11
Most markets work when allowed to and labour markets are no exception.
12
At least seven labour leaders were arrested and several foreign journalists detained.
13
The same problem can arise when people withdraw from the labour market.
14
Introduction: Rates of medical interventions in normal labour and birth are increasing.
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However, some labour organisations have expressed concerns that the practice is continuing.
16
They need to keep liberalising their labour and product markets at home.
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Translations for labour
Catalan
Labour through the time
Labour across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
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