labor-saving machinery

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• Labor-saving — La bor sav ing, a. Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; as, labor saving machinery; labor saving appliances[4]; labor saving devices like washing… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• LABOR — Jewish Labor Organizations IN THE PRE STATE PERIOD Since the last decades of the 19th century, a number of sporadic labor associations have arisen in agriculture and in the printing, clothing, and building trades, as well as groups limited to a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• labour-saving — ˈlabour ˌsaving , labor saving adjective [only before a noun] a labour saving tool or piece of equipment makes a job easier or quicker to do: • labour saving devices such as dishwashers and washing machines • A rise in wage levels, he argued,… …   Financial and business terms

• FORCED (Slave) LABOR — The term forced labor (Zwangsarbeit) is not well defined. Forced labor is commonly understood as an employment relationship of a member of a persecuted political or a specific ideological (weltanschauliche) grouping, or an ethnic group, or a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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• Departmentalization — refers to the process of grouping activities into departments. Division of labour creates specialists who need coordination. This coordination is facilitated by grouping specialists together in departments. Contents 1 A Few Common Types of… …   Wikipedia

• by the sweat of one's brow — {adv. phr.} By hard work; by tiring effort; laboriously. * /Even with modern labor saving machinery, the farmer makes his living by the sweat of his brow./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• by the sweat of one's brow — {adv. phr.} By hard work; by tiring effort; laboriously. * /Even with modern labor saving machinery, the farmer makes his living by the sweat of his brow./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Luddite — Lud dite, n. One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811 17) tried to prevent the use of labor saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; so called from Ned Lud, a half witted man who some years… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English