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PRONUNCIATION OF LABOUR-SAVING

labour-saving  [ˈleɪbəseɪvɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LABOUR-SAVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Labour-Saving is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LABOUR-SAVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of labour-saving in the English dictionary

The definition of labour-saving in the dictionary is reducing effort, hard work or labour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LABOUR-SAVING


caving
ˈkeɪvɪŋ
craving
ˈkreɪvɪŋ
diving
ˈdaɪvɪŋ
driving
ˈdraɪvɪŋ
energy-saving
ˈɛnədʒɪseɪvɪŋ
engraving
ɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ
fuel-saving
ˈfjuːəlˌseɪvɪŋ
giving
ˈɡɪvɪŋ
living
ˈlɪvɪŋ
paving
ˈpeɪvɪŋ
photoengraving
ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ
raving
ˈreɪvɪŋ
saving
ˈseɪvɪŋ
shaving
ˈʃeɪvɪŋ
space-saving
ˈspeɪsseɪvɪŋ
striving
ˈstraɪvɪŋ
surviving
səˈvaɪvɪŋ
thanksgiving
ˈθæŋksˌɡɪvɪŋ
thriving
ˈθraɪvɪŋ
time-saving
ˈtaɪmˌseɪvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LABOUR-SAVING

labour market
Labour movement
labour of love
labour pains
Labour Party
labour relations
labour shortage
labour supply
labour unrest
labour ward
labour-intensive
labour-saving device
laboured
labouredly
labouredness
labourer
labouring
labouringly
labourism
labourist

WORDS THAT END LIKE LABOUR-SAVING

crazy paving
energy saving
face-saving
flag-waving
frost heaving
get weaving
hairweaving
interweaving
inweaving
leaving
life-saving
line-engraving
loving
reaving
school-leaving
staving
steel engraving
upheaving
weaving
wood engraving

Synonyms and antonyms of labour-saving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «labour-saving» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LABOUR-SAVING

Find out the translation of labour-saving to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of labour-saving 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-saving» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

节省劳力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de ahorro de mano de obra
570 millions of speakers

English

labour-saving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रम की बचत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لتوفير العمالة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трудосберегающей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de economia de trabalho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রমশক্তি বাঁচানো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

économie de travail
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjimatan buruh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

arbeitssparende
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

省力化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노동 절약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hemat energi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm nhanh công việc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொழிலாளர் சேமிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्रमाची बचत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

emek tasarrufu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

risparmio di manodopera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Oszczędność pracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трудосберегающей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de economisire a forței de muncă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξοικονόμησης εργασίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

arbeidsbesparende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbetsbesparande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeidsbesparende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of labour-saving

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOUR-SAVING»

The term «labour-saving» is regularly used and occupies the 103.998 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOUR-SAVING» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LABOUR-SAVING»

Discover the use of labour-saving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to labour-saving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Home Labour Saving Devices
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Rhea C. Scott, 2009
2
Labour-Saving Hints and Ideas for the Home
These are published as far as possible in the precise language originally written so as to preserve the spirit of homeliness and simplicity. The reader will find entertaining and informative ideas on any page he or she opens.
Anon, 2010
3
The New Value Controversy and the Foundations of Economics
It is clear that n* , = n , when MELT ,/MELT = 1, i.e., when there is no tel T+l l+l I labour-saving innovation. An alternative formula for 7t*l+1 is (5'U) where a,+1 is the nominal rate of surplus-value (£2448/£432 = 567%), K+1 is the nominal ...
Alan Freeman, Andrew Kliman, Julian Wells
4
Inventing the Industrial Revolution: The English Patent ...
Yet, if contemporary awareness of a squeeze on the labour supply did not directly induce technical change embodying a particular factor-saving bias, then at least it promoted a greater acceptability of labour-saving inventions.67 Attention to ...
Christine MacLeod, 2002
5
Technology and Values: Essential Readings
21. Domestic. Technology: Labour-saving. or. Enslaving? Judy. Wajcman. Out there in the land of household work there are small industrial plants which sit idle for the better part of every working day; there are expensive pieces of highly ...
Craig Hanks, 2009
6
Income Distribution in Historical Perspective
Aggregate labour saving can be decomposed into the following three components: a labour-saving bias due to shifts in industrial activity favouring industries with lower unskilled labour intensities, driven by shifts in the structure of domestic ...
Y. S. Brenner, Hartmut Kaelble, Mark Thomas, 1991
7
International economics I.: The pure theory of international ...
In other words a labour-saving technical progress reduces the optimum labour/ capital ratio (that is, relatively less labour is used), and a capital-saving progress reduces the optimum capital/labour ratio, always at unchanged factor- price ratio.
Giancarlo Gandolfo, 1994
8
Technology Transfer in Fibres, Textiles and Apparel
unions into three categories: capital saving, labour saving and capital and labour saving, while also the influence of the adaptation on the capital output, labour output and capital-labour output ratio at the machine level is indicated. According  ...
Gerard Karel Boon, 1981
9
Managerial Economics:Theory & Applicatio
RELATIVE ROLE OF LEARNING IN LABOUR SAVING In Economics, the traditional analysis takes only two sources of labour saving into consideration: (a) the learning effect and (b) capital intensification. In a recent study [Rameshan op. cit.] ...
Trivedi, 2002
10
Productivity, Innovation and Economic Performance
In 1985-90, on the other hand, labour saving continued, but at a reduced rate. However; the increased purchases by services and of services began to have a positive impact. In this respect the second half of the 1 980s marks a significant ...
Ray Barrell, Geoff Mason, Mary O'Mahony, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LABOUR-SAVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term labour-saving is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How the Grand Canal Docks pranksters changed the iconic sign to …
But in fact, they had a much more labour-saving solution. DailyEdge.ie understands that instead of moving the letters, the prank's architects ... «thejournal.ie, Jul 15»
2
Contemporary agriculture: climate, capital, and cyborg ecology
That is, what conditions are necessary for labour-saving agricultural technology to be experienced as dispossession and urban poverty, rather ... «libcom.org, Jul 15»
3
Comment: Living wage means retailers must create value from their …
A likely response by retailers will be to seek further efficiency, especially through labour-saving technology and simplified store operations. «Retail Week, Jul 15»
4
BOOK REVIEW: Rise of the robots
... you are training to be an airline pilot, a retail assistant, a lawyer or a financial trader, labour-saving technology is whittling your numbers. «BDlive, Jul 15»
5
Gunjur Women Committed to Year-Round Vegetable Production …
She said lack of labour-saving devices for women over the years resulted in a long distance travel of 10 kilometers away, to mill rice and ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
6
Exercise is good for you….
Changes in the ways we live, such as driving more, more labour-saving technology and fewer people doing manual work has meant that we ... «The Edinburgh Reporter, Jul 15»
7
Kitchens go hi-tech: From robot chefs to recipe-shopping apps …
Add up the various inventions that are in the works, and the robot cook starts looking like more than just a labour-saving daydream of a nerd ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
8
Book celebrates Cornish giant of invention
He designed, built and tested the early products on his own farm. Within a few years he had produced an impressive list of labour-saving ... «Western Morning News, Jun 15»
9
Uber backlash: taxi drivers' protests in Paris part of global revolt
Some view the taxi drivers' anger as a repeat of the Luddite protests of 1811, when textile workers protested and smashed up labour-saving ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
IMF paper counters Rajan on 'easy policy-crisis recipe theory'
Luddites were 19th Century English textile workers who destroyed labour-saving machines to protest against job cuts. Since then, the term ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»

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