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For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
Barry Eichengreen

Meaning of "labour force" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LABOUR FORCE

labour force  [ˈleɪbə fɔːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LABOUR FORCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Labour force is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LABOUR FORCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Labor force

The labor force is the actual number of people available for work. The labor force of a country includes both the employed and the unemployed. The labor force participation rate, LFPR, is the ratio between the labor force and the overall size of their cohort.

Definition of labour force in the English dictionary

The definition of labour force in the dictionary is the total number of people who are eligible to work.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LABOUR FORCE


counterforce
ˈkaʊntəˌfɔːs
deforce
dɪˈfɔːs
downforce
ˈdaʊnˌfɔːs
efforce
ɪˈfɔːs
enforce
ɪnˈfɔːs
force
fɔːs
perforce
pəˈfɔːs
reinforce
ˌriːɪnˈfɔːs
renforce
rɛnˈfɔːs
storm-force
ˈstɔːmˌfɔːs
Wilberforce
ˈwɪlbəˌfɔːs
workforce
ˈwɜːkˌfɔːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LABOUR FORCE

labour
labour agreement
Labour and Socialist International
labour camp
labour charges
labour costs
Labour Day
labour exchange
labour law
labour market
Labour movement
labour of love
labour pains
Labour Party
labour relations
labour shortage
labour supply
labour unrest
labour ward
labour-intensive

WORDS THAT END LIKE LABOUR FORCE

air force
divorce
driving force
electromagnetic force
electromotive force
field of force
field sales force
G-force
in force
life force
line of force
police force
sales force
storm force
strike force
task force
the force
tour de force
tours de force
vital force
volunteer force

Synonyms and antonyms of labour force in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «labour force» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LABOUR FORCE

Find out the translation of labour force to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of labour force from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «labour force» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

劳动力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mano de obra
570 millions of speakers

English

labour force
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रम बल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قوة العمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рабочей силы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mão-de-obra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রম শক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

main-d´œuvre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tenaga buruh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arbeiterschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

労働力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노동력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tenaga kerja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lực lượng lao động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொழிலாளர் சக்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कामगार शक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Işgücü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

manodopera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

siła robocza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

робочої сили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

forței de muncă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εργατικού δυναμικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

arbeidsmag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbetskraft
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeidsstyrken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of labour force

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOUR FORCE»

The term «labour force» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.644 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOUR FORCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «labour force» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «labour force» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about labour force

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QUOTES WITH «LABOUR FORCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word labour force.
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Barry Eichengreen
For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LABOUR FORCE»

Discover the use of labour force in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to labour force and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
London in the Age of Industrialisation: Entrepreneurs, ...
Analyses the effects of the industrial revolution on London's working population.
L. D. Schwarz, 1992
2
The Labour Force
Vols. for 1972- include statistical data compiled by the Bureau under its earlier name: Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1978
3
New Population and Labour Force Projections and Policy ...
An updated set of population projections using population estimates by sex and age as well as fertility indices for 1985. Use is also made of the 1985 labour-force survey.
Swee-Hock Saw, 1987
4
The Myanmar Labour Force: Growth and Change, 1973-83
Hence, regional variations in size and growth of the labour force, and levels of labour force participation may be expected. Regional analysis is important because of interregional migration that has a direct bearing on growth, composition and ...
Mohamed Ismael Khin Maung, 1997
5
Immigrants and the Labour Force: Policy, Regulation, and Impact
the role of women in the labour force Women in Cohort 2 The thirty-year period between 1961 and 1991 saw a dramatic increase in the labour participation rate of women. While only 40 per cent of Canadian-born women were active in the ...
Ravi Pendakur, 2000
6
Labour Force Projections for Singapore, 1980-2070
III FUTURE LABOUR FORCE The detailed results of the computation for Projection A and Projection B are presented in Tables 3 to 8, while a summary of the results are provided in Table 2. According to Projection A the labour force is ...
Swee-Hock Saw, 1984
7
Key Indicators of the Labour Market
Trends Figure 1a shows labour force participation rates around the world, based on data for the latest year available. The highest participation rates - 80 per cent or more - are found mainly in sub- Saharan Africa where, because of a lack of ...
International Labour Office, 2003
8
Year Book, Australia
The Australian labour force framework classifies people into three mutually exclusive categories: employed; unemployed; and not in the labour force. The employed and unemployed categories together make up the labour force, which gives a ...
‎1994
9
Poverty and Policy in Post-apartheid South Africa
Table 4.1 The South African labour force, 1995 and 2002 Sources: OHS 1995, LFS 2002 (2) (Statistics South Africa) The combination of these two trends - relatively slow employment growth and rapid labour force growth - has resulted in  ...
Haroon Bhorat, S. M. Ravi Kanbur, 2006
10
Training the East German Labour Force: Microeconometric ...
One reason is that this kind of training is considered important to continuously adapt the skills of the labour force to the requirements of technological change and hence for economic growth. The case of East Germany is particularly interesting ...
Michael Lechner, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LABOUR FORCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term labour force is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greece: who's going to pay to get the country out of trouble? | The …
The IMF's projections are based on highly optimistic assumptions, with Greece's productivity growth, along with its labour force participation rate ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
Clear Hindutva Pattern in Appointments to Key Educational …
... did not justify Centre's cuts in social spending. and that India can't become an "industrial giant" with "unhealthy and uneducated labour force". «NDTV, Jul 15»
3
Prisons should arm inmates for life outside - Sunday Independent - IOL
Prisoners are then able to serve their time constructively, knowing they will not be used as a free labour force for prison gains. A different ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
FESWATU - The game-changer in SD's trade unionism - Observer
SO: Now that there are two workers' federations in the country, will this not lead to a divided labour force? JN: Naturally, there will be choices to ... «The Swazi Observer, Jul 15»
5
Freely choosing to work - timesofmalta.com
Keeping people off pensions in the first place, and contributing to the labour force and national insurance for a longer period, seems like a ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
6
Why Wal-Mart shouldn't pay workers as much as Costco does …
... paid higher wages and benefits, Costco would be less profitable, because the quality of its labour force would revert to the mean,” she writes. «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
7
CSL chief Paul Perreault thinking outside the square | The Australian
... Australian facilities were part of a global supply chain and that the technologies, education and skilled labour force in Australia could manage ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
8
Irish labour market improves, skills shortage intensifies - report
The report identified a number of challenges, including a 6,500-person decline in the labour force; the outward migration of 29,200 Irish ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Non-profit body takes off, to help SMEs tackle labour crunch
Speaking at the launch ceremony on Thursday, WAF chairman Chan Chong Beng noted that local labour force growth will slow to about 20,000 ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
10
A smarter way to invest in children
Increased opportunities for parents and caregivers, particularly women, in the labour force — in Quebec maternal labour force participation ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

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