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Meaning of "labour shortage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LABOUR SHORTAGE

labour shortage  [ˈleɪbə ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LABOUR SHORTAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Labour shortage 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 SHORTAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Labor shortage

In its narrowest definition, a labour shortage is an economic condition in which there are insufficient qualified candidates to fill the market-place demands for employment at any price. Such a condition is sometimes referred to by Economists as "an insufficiency in the labour force."...

Definition of labour shortage in the English dictionary

The definition of labour shortage in the dictionary is a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LABOUR SHORTAGE


advantage
ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ
cartage
ˈkɑːtɪdʒ
colportage
ˈkɒlˌpɔːtɪdʒ
cottage
ˈkɒtɪdʒ
eatage
ˈiːtɪdʒ
escheatage
ɪsˈtʃiːtɪdʒ
escortage
ɪsˈkɔːtɪdʒ
footage
ˈfʊtɪdʒ
fraughtage
ˈfrɔːtɪdʒ
fruitage
ˈfruːtɪdʒ
heritage
ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ
metage
ˈmiːtɪdʒ
percentage
pəˈsɛntɪdʒ
portage
ˈpɔːtɪdʒ
reportage
rɪˈpɔːtɪdʒ
rootage
ˈruːtɪdʒ
scutage
ˈskjuːtɪdʒ
shortage
ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ
streetage
ˈstriːtɪdʒ
vintage
ˈvɪntɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LABOUR SHORTAGE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE LABOUR SHORTAGE

backstage
culvertage
disadvantage
etage
frontage
hermitage
high voltage
high-voltage
hostage
housing shortage
montage
outage
pilotage
postage
rapportage
sabotage
stage
the stage
vantage
wattage

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «labour shortage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LABOUR SHORTAGE

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

Translator English - Chinese

用工荒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escasez de mano de obra
570 millions of speakers

English

labour shortage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रम की कमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقص العمالة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нехватка рабочей силы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escassez de trabalho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রম ঘাটতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pénurie de main-d´œuvre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekurangan buruh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arbeitskräftemangel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

労働力不足
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노동력 부족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kakurangan tenaga kerja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiếu lao động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொழிலாளர் பற்றாக்குறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कामगारांची कमतरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iş gücü kıtlığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carenza di manodopera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brak pracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

брак робочої сили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lipsa forței de muncă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έλλειψη εργατικού δυναμικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

arbeid tekort
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brist på arbetskraft
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mangel på arbeidskraft
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of labour shortage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOUR SHORTAGE»

The term «labour shortage» is normally little used and occupies the 111.685 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOUR SHORTAGE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LABOUR SHORTAGE»

Discover the use of labour shortage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to labour shortage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
457 Visa Law: Addressing Australia's Skilled Labour Shortage
The shortage of skilled labour has significant long-term ramifications for Australia's prosperity.
Maria Jockel, 2009
2
China: Development and Governance
The government and the academia believe that the ongoing labour shortage will bring about positive changes as it can exert constant pressure nationwide to bring about structural reforms. For instance, most provinces have already promised ...
Gungwu Wang, Yongnian Zheng, 2013
3
Growth, Shortage, and Efficiency: A Macrodynamic Model of ...
The intensive period: full employment, labour shortage For the moment we shall set aside the problems of transition from the extensive to the intensive period and proceed directly to examine the growth pattern that characterizes an economy in  ...
János Kornai, 1982
4
Migration and the Labour Market in Asia 2001 Recent Trends ...
The tight labour market in Korea may be seen by the labour shortage ratio in Table 8.4. The average labour shortage ratio was 1.8% in 1985. However, it rapidly increased to 4.3% in 1990. The labour shortage ratio was especially high for the ...
OECD, 2002
5
Migrant Workers in Pacific Asia
Since labour shortage in small and medium-sized companies usually accounts for about 90 per cent of the total shortage in the manufacturing sector, we can see that labour shortage in the manufacturing sector is a problem of small and ...
Yaw A. Debrah, 2002
6
Controlling Soviet Labour: Experimental Change from Brezhnev ...
bits a tendency to create conditions of labour hoarding, creating a relative labour shortage, rather than, as under capitalism, to shed labour, causing a relative labour surplus. Subjectively, the ruling group has recognised the problem and has ...
Bob Arnot, 1988
7
Soviet Workers and the Collapse of Perestroika: The Soviet ...
The labour shortage By 1990 it was abundantly clear that the employment policies at the heart of perestroika had virtually collapsed. As the economy slid further into disorganization and production contracted, modernization and reequipping ...
Donald Filtzer, 1994
8
Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour Under Apartheid
By the mid-1960s, the pressure of the skilled labour shortage prompted employers in the mining industry to examine the feasibility of allowing African ' boss boys' to take over some of the supervisory functions of white 'gangers'.21 By 1966, the ...
Owen Crankshaw, 2002
9
Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2005
Box 1: Labour shortage and rising costs: Is China losing its competitiveness? Can China — population 1.3 billion — really be running out of workers? In many of the most important parts of its booming economy, the answer, increasingly, is yes.
ILO Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific
10
The Report: Bulgaria 2008
As a result, Bulgaria is facing an acute labour shortage, which is coupled with rising wages, especially in the IT and finance industries. The government anticipates that wages will increase by 4% to 5% a year over the next several years.
Oxford Business Group

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LABOUR SHORTAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term labour shortage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
College courses to tackle skilled-worker shortage - The Nation
"We hope the model will help relieve the problem of skilled-labour shortage," Virachai said. "Thailand has an urgent need to develop human ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
2
Japanese humanoid robots start work | Bangkok Post: news
... the southwestern island of Kyushu on the back of a growing demand for them amid concerns over a labour shortage in Japan's aging society. «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
3
Seasonal workers throng Chitwan as locals opt for foreign jobs …
... and bordering Indian villages are thronging Chitwan as the district faces a labour shortage due to migration of youths for foreign employment. «Kathmandu Post, Jul 15»
4
The skilling gap | The Asian Age
Borders are increasingly closing to migration as the world economy winds down. Labour shortage in the developed world can be envisaged in ... «The Asian Age, Jul 15»
5
Mark My Words -- More jobs, first jobs and wait-lists - Brandon Sun
For the better part of a decade, employers in Western Canada have been trying to draw attention to a skills and labour shortage. In Canada our ... «Brandon Sun, Jul 15»
6
We may look at tourism-related realty devpt in Maharashtra …
How severe is the labour shortage situation in the real estate sector and is it just unskilled labour or other skilled variety too that are today in ... «ETRealty.com, Jul 15»
7
wages under control but shortages loom
Business contacts told the Cleveland Fed that the construction industry “remains challenged by a labour shortage”, and carpenters and ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
8
Colour code rule leaves fishermen in lurch
... Navy stepping up vigil at the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), P Sesu Raja, fishermen association leader said. Labour shortage. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
9
Terence Corcoran: Poloz's uncertainty on interest rate cuts is no …
A few Tim Hortons franchisees crying about having to pay more than $10/hour in Fort Mac doesn't make for a labour shortage or a tight labour ... «Financial Post, Jul 15»
10
Blame it on the bowing: Japanese productivity still lowest in G-7 | afr …
With Japan facing a labour shortage as the population ages – the jobless rate is at its lowest since the late 1990s and projected to fall further ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»

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