labour

[labour]

Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

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Noun
productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

Noun
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

Noun
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor''s interests and the socialization of key industries

Noun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

Verb
undergo the efforts of childbirth

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Verb
strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

Verb
work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"


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Usage Examples

By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.

Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness in the UK, and beyond, Labour really is the only choice.

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.

Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.

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Other Usage Examples

Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.

And some of what we're doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are based on things that were very new under the Labour Government in the eighties.

As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening.

Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one.

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

Actually, I don't ever think there will be a men-only team of leadership in the Labour party again. People would look at it and say, 'What? Are there no women in the party to be part of the leadership? Do men want to do it all themselves?' It just won't happen again.

And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art.

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