the labour force

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• labour force — noun 1. The number of workers employed in an industry, factory, etc 2. The part of the population which is employed or available for work • • • Main Entry: ↑labour * * * labour force UK US noun [countable] usually singular [ …   Useful english dictionary

• labour force — labour forces N COUNT: usu sing The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company. Unemployment in Britain rose to 8.1% of the labour force …   English dictionary

• labour force — / leɪbə fɔ:s/ noun all the workers in a company or in an area ● The management has made an increased offer to the labour force. ● We are opening a new factory in the Far East because of the cheap local labour force. ▪▪▪ ‘70 per cent of… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• labour force — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms labour force : singular labour force plural labour forces economics all the people who work in a particular industry or country Women now make up 47% of the labour force …   English dictionary

• labour force — BrE labor force AmE noun the labour force all the people who work for a company or in a country …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• labour force — ➔ force1 * * * labour force UK US UK (US labor force) noun [C] ECONOMICS, HR ► all the people in a particular country who are of the right age to work, or all the people who work for a particular company: »Half of Britain s labour force works… …   Financial and business terms

• labour force — BrE labor force AmE n [C usually singular] all the people who work for a company or in a country …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• labour force — ► NOUN ▪ the members of a population who are able to work …   English terms dictionary

• List of countries by labour force — This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the world factbook/rankorder/2095rank.html] . Notes …   Wikipedia

• Treasurer of the Labour Party — The Treasurer of the Labour Party is a position on the National Executive Committee of the British Labour Party.Although a post with little power, in the past, it was often hotly contested by people who later became big names in British politics …   Wikipedia

• labour-force participation rate — This refers to the number of people in work and unemployment and those seeking work, as a proportion of a specified baseline population. Rates may vary according to how the base group is defined, for example male, female, the total adult… …   Dictionary of sociology