idle labour

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• idle people have the least leisure — The corollary of the busiest men have the most leisure. 1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 161 Idle folks have the most labour. 1853 SURTEES Sponge’s Sporting Tour lvii. ‘Got a great deal to do’, retorted Jog, who, like all thoroughly idle men …   Proverbs new dictionary

• idle capacity ratio — The ratio, sometimes expressed as a percentage, of the production capacity idle during a specified period to the capacity as expressed in the budget. Capacity can be measured in machine hours or labour hours and idle capacity is measured in the… …   Accounting dictionary

• labour — Human labour is regarded in the OT as sharing in the divine purpose (Exod. 20:8; 34:21) because God s work was described in Gen. 1 as creative. Jesus ‘worked’ (John 5:17) by healing on a Sabbath, which he justifies on the ground that God… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• idle capacity — The part of the budgeted capacity within an organization that is unused. It is measured in hours using the same measure as production. Idle capacity can arise as a result of a number of causes in all of which the actual hours worked is less than… …   Accounting dictionary

• idle time — The time, usually measured in labour hours or machine hours, during which a production facility is unable to operate. See also: idle capacity, waiting time …   Accounting dictionary

• idle capacity — The part of the budgeted capacity within an organization that is unused. It is measured in hours using the same measure as production. Idle capacity can arise as a result of a number of causes in all of which the actual hours worked is less than… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• idle time — The time, usually measured in labour hours or machine hours, during which a production facility is unable to operate. See also idle capacity; waiting time …   Big dictionary of business and management

• organized labour — Introduction also called  trade unionism,        association and activities of workers in a trade or industry for the purpose of obtaining or assuring improvements in working conditions through their collective action. Great Britain (United… …   Universalium

• Criticisms of the labour theory of value — often arise from an economic criticism of Marxism. Contents 1 Microeconomic theory 2 Supply and demand 3 Jevons 4 Menger s critique …   Wikipedia

• the devil finds work for idle hands to do — Idleness and mischief are linked in ST. JEROME Letters CXXV. xi. fac et aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolus inveniat occupatum, do something, so that the devil may always find you busy; cf. c 1386 CHAUCER Tale of Melibee 1. 1594 Therfore seith… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• South Ribble Council election, 2003 — Elections to South Ribble Council were held on 1 May, 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control. Overall… …   Wikipedia