LABOR definition: productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. See examples of labor used in a sentence.

Sep 6, 2011 · travail is bookish for labor involving pain or suffering. toil implies prolonged and fatiguing labor. drudgery suggests dull and irksome labor. grind implies labor exhausting to …

Farming has been mechanized, reducing the need for labor. The older generation were bent double from decades of labor in the fields. Society is challenging the traditional sexual division …

Labor is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group. We have a problem of skilled labor. Employers want cheap labor and consumers want cheap houses. The …

Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work. See Synonyms at work. 2. A specific task or effort, especially a painful or arduous one: "Eating the bread was a labor I …

If you continue to believe something that is not true, you are laboring under a delusion/misapprehension/misconception. He still labors under the delusion that other people …

Definition of labor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [uncountable] work, especially physical work. The price will include the labor and materials. The company wants to …

Despite the inefficiency, labor services could have survived under previous regimes because of path-dependence. In short, technical change in lowland areas has significantly increased …

Definition of labor noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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