Labor
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Labor
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Labor
Work; toil; service. The term has been used in a variety of contexts but broadly it encompasses physical or mental labor or in combination of the two. state v Duluth board of trade , 121 N. W. 395, 107 Minn. 506. Also sometimes used as synonymous with employment, job or position. See Nelsen Const. Co. v Lander, 253 N. W.2d 849, 198 Neb. 533.
Labor Alternative Definition
Continued operation; work; manual work. The act' of doing what requires a painful exertion of strength; pains; toil; work to be done; work done; performance; exercise; motion with some degree of violence; childbirth; travail. 2 Ohio St. 400. Biddle's Lexicon.
Synonyms of Labor
(Exertion), noun
discipline
effort
endeavor
energy
enterprise
industry
mental toil
pains
strain
strife
(Work), noun
advocation
assignment
calling
craft
duty
employ
employment
job
line of business
line of work
occupation
profession
pursuit
responsibility
task
toil
trade
undertaking
vocation
Associated Concepts: boycotts
closed shop
collective bargaining
labor arbitration
labor dispute
labor organization
labor relations
labor union
lockout
open shop
scope of employment
skilled labor
strikes
terms and conditions of employment
union labor
union shop
wildcat strike
workmen's compensation
verb
apply oneself
attend to business
be diligent
be employed
be industrious
contendere
devote oneself to
do a job
do work
drudge
endeavor
engage in
exercise
exert energy
exert oneself
follow one's vocation
laborare
plod
plug away
ply
ply one's trade
strain
strive
struggle
toil
travail
work
work hard
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Labor Market in the Economic Activity
An introductory concept of Labor Market may be: the market in which labor services are bought and sold
Labor Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Labor in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Physical or mental effort; work.
Concept of Labor in the context of Real Property
Alternatives definitions of Labor: (1) Work as opposed to materials. (2) A land measure of 177 1/7 acres. Used in Mexico.
Concept of Labor in the context of Real Property
Alternatives definitions of Labor: (1) Work as opposed to materials. (2) A land measure of 177 1/7 acres. Used in Mexico.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Labor
(You may find labor at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
c. 1300, "a task, a project" (such as the labors of Hercules); later "exertion of the body; trouble, difficulty, hardship" (late 14c.), from Old French labor "toil, work, exertion, task; tribulation, suffering" (12c., Modern French labeur), from Latin labor "toil, exertion; hardship, pain, fatigue; a work, a product of labor," a word of uncertain origin. Some sources venture that it could be related to labere "to totter" on the notion of "tottering under a burden," but de Vaan finds this unconvincing. The native word is work. Meaning "body of laborers considered as a class" (usually contrasted to capitalists) is from 1839; for the British political sense see labour. Sense of "physical exertions of childbirth" is attested from 1590s, short for labour of birthe (early 15c.); the sense also is found in Old French, and compare French en travail "in (childbirth) suffering" (see travail). Labor Day was first marked 1882 in New York City. The prison labor camp is attested from 1900. Labor-saving (adj.) is from 1776. Labor of love is by 1797.
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Legal English Vocabulary: Labor and Employment in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term labor and employment into Spanish: TRABAJO Y EMPLEO (English to Spanish translation). More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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Definition of Labor
In relation to social issues, a meaning of labor is provided here: the physical and mental exertion that human beings put into production activities.