"slave labour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: slave labor [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} slave labour (uncountable), {{tlb|en|British spelling}} (British spelling)
  1. Using slaves to do work Tags: UK, uncountable Translations (work performed by slaves): 奴隸勞動 /奴隶劳动 (núlì láodòng) (Chinese Mandarin), slavearbejde [neuter] (Danish), orjatyö (Finnish), Sklavenarbeit [feminine] (German), sclábhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), അടിമവേല (aṭimavēla) (Malayalam), അടിമപ്പണി (aṭimappaṇi) (Malayalam), slavearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), slavearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-slave_labour-en-noun-jPRpqW2J Categories (other): Slavery Disambiguation of Slavery: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'work performed by slaves': 77 23
  2. (figuratively) The employment of workers for meagre pay to do tedious tasks. Tags: UK, figuratively, uncountable Translations (hard work for meagre pay): 奴隸勞動 /奴隶劳动 (núlì láodòng) (Chinese Mandarin), slavearbejde [neuter] (Danish), orjatyö (Finnish), അടിമപ്പണി (aṭimappaṇi) (Malayalam), slavearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), slavearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-slave_labour-en-noun-4XyNwOJa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of 'hard work for meagre pay': 18 82

Alternative forms

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