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"ref": "1962 October, “Talking of Trains: B.R. works staff cut by a third”, in Modern Railways, page 221",
"text": "Of the total labour force now threatened with redundancy, of course, a proportion will be covered by natural wastage, so that the number eventually thrown out of railway work will be well below 19,000.",
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],
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"The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included)."
],
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"employment",
"employment"
],
[
"employed",
"employed"
],
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"unemployed",
"unemployed"
]
],
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{
"word": "workforce"
},
{
"word": "jobforce"
}
],
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "labor force"
}
],
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mà d'obra"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "勞動力"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "láodònglì",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "劳动力"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "työvoima"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "main-d’œuvre"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "samušao ʒala",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "სამუშაო ძალა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Arbeitskraft"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ergatikó dynamikó",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "εργατικό δυναμικό"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "munkaerő"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manodopera"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rōdōryoku",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "労働力"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "manpawā",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "マンパワー"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "hunga mahi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "taimahi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ažillax xüč",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "ажиллах хүч"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mão de obra"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "forță de muncă"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mano de obra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "arbetskraft"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "iş gücü"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "robóča sýla",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "робо́ча си́ла"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"labour force"
]
}
],
"word": "labour force"
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{
"ref": "1962 October, “Talking of Trains: B.R. works staff cut by a third”, in Modern Railways, page 221",
"text": "Of the total labour force now threatened with redundancy, of course, a proportion will be covered by natural wastage, so that the number eventually thrown out of railway work will be well below 19,000.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included)."
],
"links": [
[
"employment",
"employment"
],
[
"employed",
"employed"
],
[
"unemployed",
"unemployed"
]
],
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"wikipedia": [
"labour force"
]
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "labor force"
}
],
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mà d'obra"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "勞動力"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "láodònglì",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "劳动力"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "työvoima"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "main-d’œuvre"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "samušao ʒala",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "სამუშაო ძალა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Arbeitskraft"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ergatikó dynamikó",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "εργατικό δυναμικό"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "munkaerő"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manodopera"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rōdōryoku",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "労働力"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "manpawā",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "マンパワー"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "hunga mahi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "taimahi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ažillax xüč",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "ажиллах хүч"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mão de obra"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "forță de muncă"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mano de obra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "arbetskraft"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"word": "iş gücü"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "robóča sýla",
"sense": "people available for employment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "робо́ча си́ла"
}
],
"word": "labour force"
}
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