labour market
noun [C] UK (US labor market)Definition
C1 the supply of people in a particular country or area who are able and willing to work: More women are being encouraged into the labour market these days.Workers in general
(Definition of labour market noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a man of action idiom
- beaver noun (PERSON)
- gang noun
- jack-of-all-trades noun
- journeyman noun
- junior noun (LOW RANK)
- labour noun (WORK)
- night shift noun
- people noun 1
- personnel noun
- practitioner noun
- relay noun (TEAM)
- salaryman noun
- shift noun (GROUP)
- skeleton staff noun
- the shop floor noun
- tradesman noun
- workaholic noun
- worker noun
- workforce noun
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