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PRONUNCIATION OF LUMP LABOUR

lump labour  [lʌmp ˈleɪbə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUMP LABOUR

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verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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Lump labour 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 LUMP LABOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lump labour in the English dictionary

The definition of lump labour in the dictionary is work done by self-employed workers in the building trade.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUMP LABOUR


antilabor
ˌæntɪˈleɪbə
belabour
bɪˈleɪbə
caber
ˈkeɪbə
ceiba
ˈseɪbə
kebar
ˈkeɪbə
labor
ˈleɪbə
labour
ˈleɪbə
labours
ˈleɪbə
Makeba
məˈkeɪbə
neighbor
ˈneɪbə
neighbour
ˈneɪbə
nonlabor
ˌnɒnˈleɪbə
overlabor
ˌəʊvəˈleɪbə
overlabour
ˌəʊvəˈleɪbə
prolabor
prəʊˈleɪbə
saber
ˈseɪbə
sabre
ˈseɪbə
tabor
ˈteɪbə
weber
ˈveɪbə
zeitgeber
ˈtsaɪtˌɡeɪbə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUMP LABOUR

lump
lump hammer
lump sugar
lump sum
lumpectomies
lumpectomy
lumpen
lumpenly
lumpenproletariat
lumper
lumpfish
lumpier
lumpiest
lumpily
lumpiness
lumpingly
lumpish
lumpishly
lumpishness
lumpkin

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUMP LABOUR

aesthetic labour
bonded labour
casual labour
child labour
direct labour
division of labour
emotional labour
forced labour
free labour
harbour
hard labour
immigrant labour
indirect labour
manual labour
New Labour
next door neighbour
organized labour
skilled labour
slave labour
sweated labour

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lump labour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUMP LABOUR

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

Translator English - Chinese

劳动疙瘩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la mano de obra a tanto alzado
570 millions of speakers

English

lump labour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गांठ श्रम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمل مقطوع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

единовременная труда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalho fixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একঘেঁষা শ্রম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travail forfaitaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buruh benjolan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pauschalarbeits
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

しこり労働
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

덩어리 노동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lump buruh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lao động một lần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மொத்த உழைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकटे कामगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Götürü emek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavoro grumo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bryła pracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

одноразова праці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

forței de muncă forfetare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατ ´αποκοπήν εργασίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knop arbeid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klump arbetskraft
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klump arbeidskraft
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lump labour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUMP LABOUR»

The term «lump labour» is barely ever used and occupies the 210.591 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUMP LABOUR» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUMP LABOUR»

Discover the use of lump labour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lump labour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Human Resource Management in Construction Projects: Critical ...
These were exacerbated both by the introduction of PBR and widespread use of labour-only sub-contracting (LOSC) or 'lump labour'. Lump labour The lump was a form of wage contract where the contractor hired on a labour-only basis and ...
Andrew Dainty, Martin Loosemore, 2013
2
Human Resource Management in Construction: Critical Perspectives
These were exacerbated both by the introduction of PBR and widespread use of labour-only sub-contracting (LOSC) or 'lump labour'. Lump labour The lump was a form of wage contract where the contractor hired on a labour-only basis and ...
Andrew Dainty, Martin Loosemore, 2012
3
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Ex the j. lump labour?—5. Short for lump of lead, 1. lump, v. To thrash; ca. 1780— 1840; then dial. Grose, 15t ed.—2. To punch, strike: low: late C.18—early 20. ( Grose; A. Neil Lyons, Hookey, 1902.) Like prec. sense, ex the S.E. meaning, ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
4
Housing Policy and Economic Power: The Political Economy of ...
... gains a greater control over the labour performed. The success of this form of control of the workforce was clearly brought out in our firm survey. Although all the managers interviewed said that Lump labour was more expensive than the total.
Professor Michael Ball, 2013
5
The JCT 05 Standard Building Sub-Contract
The CIS was originally introduced to combat the problems of perceived tax evasion by 'lump labour' and/or labour-only sub-contractors. Lump labour is a term that has traditionally been used for self-employed casual workers that were paid in ...
Peter A. Barnes, 2008
6
Rebuilding Construction (Routledge Revivals): Economic ...
For the trades unions in the mid-1980s, total boycott of workers on the Lump must be bad tactics; limiting the use of Lump labour, on the other hand, may not be. Obvious things that unions can do for self-employed workers are to improve their  ...
Michael Ball, 2014
7
New Approaches to Economic Life: Economic Restructuring, ...
their propensity to have 'chequered' post-redundancy careers. However at the same time it created a new breed of contractors who paid non-union rates, were not bound by national agreements and employed 'irregular', 'lump' labour (Fevre,  ...
Bryan Roberts, Ruth H. Finnegan, Duncan Gallie, 1985
8
Gendered Lives: Gender Inequalities in Production and ...
A significant part of the work of employment agencies is in the provision of what Parker (1994) has termed 'warm bodies' to undertake tasks for an employer who prefers to use this sort of 'lump labour' rather than recruit individuals for ...
Shirley Dex, Jacqueline L. Scott, Anke Plagnol, 2012
9
Dictionary of Business
... sum = money paid in one single amount, not in several small sums; when he retired he was given a lump-sum bonus; she sold her house and invested the money as a lump sum (b) the Lump or Lump labour = self-employed workers who are ...
Peter Hodgson Collin, 1998
10
Unlocking Employment Law
'Lump' labour was common in the past, particularly the 1960s and 1970s. The lump, as it was called at that time, referred to practice where workers in many trades in industries like construction such as carpenters, bricklayers and painters for ...
Chris Turner, 2013

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUMP LABOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lump labour is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Meet the invisibles – the wealthy and powerful at the heart of the …
... privatising Royal Mail, tripling fees to make universities effectively private, replacing a million lost public jobs with pre-unionised lump labour. «The Guardian, May 15»
2
Children cannot play in the streets because of immigrants, says …
The SNP is hoping to lump Labour into a 'them versus us' fight alongside the Tories and other Westminster parties. Part of Labour's dramatic ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
3
A portrait of modern inequality
... century employment practices — lump labour on zero hours, temp agencies, free interns, the bogus self-employed free of national insurance. «The Hindu, Jan 15»
4
Inside the National Gallery, a portrait of modern inequality
... and so irksome to managers who eye a commercial world of 19th century employment practices – lump labour on zero hours, temp agencies, ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
5
Baby boomers not to blame for youth unemployment
Wu, with the Center for Retirement Research at Boston, challenges the co-called "lump labour" theory, which can be traced to Henry Mayhew's ... «CBC.ca, Jan 14»
6
All to play for as Clegg shines in UK election debate
... the names of questioners and he was able frequently to lump Labour and Conservatives together as "You Two", the jaded face of old politics, ... «CNN, Apr 10»

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