Synonym: effort, employment, industry, task, toil, work. Antonym: relax, rest. Similar words: elaborate, laboratory, laboriously, collaboration, abortion, lab, label, suborn. Meaning: [ˈleɪbə(r)] 
n. 1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages) 2. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages 3. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child 4. an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement 5. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries 6. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 7. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted. v. 1. strive and make an effort to reach a goal 2. work hard 3. undergo the efforts of childbirth.
n. 1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages) 2. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages 3. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child 4. an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement 5. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries 6. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 7. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted. v. 1. strive and make an effort to reach a goal 2. work hard 3. undergo the efforts of childbirth. 
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121. Then it goes out and tells the public how labor is running the company.
122. Even to suggest that efforts he made to expand the labor force by increasing the domestic birth rate would seem slightly artful.
123. Mexico's large labor force may have been the main attraction of the free trade agreement.
124. Birmingham, once a labor lawyer, is expected to be a strong advocate on such issues as the minimum wage.
125. Another labor lawyer, a friend of mine, sent me a copy.
126. He also proposes to toughen civil and criminal penalties for willful child labor violations.
127. Often, boycotts have been instigated by domestic issues such as gay rights, racial discrimination and labor disputes.
128. The main competitive advantage of the firm is the relatively low cost of the labor force both for production and design.
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129. The usual suspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.
130. It is easy to see it now in the way labor has kept its distance from the plant-closing movement.
131. Process technology moves around the globe to find the cheapest labor and the friendliest markets.
132. Others focus on persistent, concentrated poverty and the attendant hopelessness and detachment from the labor force.
133. Two of the employees within the department are pregnant; the father of one of them is a labor lawyer.
134. He gave the dignity to youthful labor that only good teachers can provide.
135. Congress recently acted to deny trade preferences to countries that fail to meet their legal obligations to end such abusive child labor.
136. For the moment, union officials are devoting their energies to the labor dispute at Quincy Farms.
137. But the ballot stuffing was so blatant that even the Labor Department was roused to do something.
138. Beyond that, however labor markets are no longer a simple matter of distinguishing between white and blue collars.
139. The nurturing and support they received in labor gave them a deep sense of accomplishment and trust in them-selves.
140. Only when work is optional, highly remunerative, or competitive with male labor does it threaten ideal motherhood.
141. Shi said a trend to watch is growth in collective labor disputes, which occurred6,567 times in 1998 and involved 251,268 workers.
142. This recognition may increase his enthusiasm for the vital role he will play during labor and after the baby arrives.
143. And it did more for baseball than the impending labor agreement we keep hearing about.
144. Davis cites Bureau of Labor projections: more than 1.25 million jobs in these sectors will be created each year through 2006.
145. A former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, Reich is a Faustian political economist.
146. Conversely, an electricity tax that makes robots more expensive would shift the balance in the other direction, back toward labor.
147. No one would trust a documentary series about labor unions paid for entirely by union funds.
148. The problem was, Dole also included a GOP-backed labor measure that Democrats oppose.
149. The residents of both states are denied a chance to find productive labor in all fifty states.
150. The Labor Department will release its report on December changes in consumer prices on Tuesday.
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