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workforce

noun [C, + sing/pl verb]
 
 
/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/ US  /ˈwɝːk.fɔːrs/

Definition

C2 the group of people who work in a company, industry, country, etc.: The majority of factories in the region have a workforce of 50 to 100 (people). Much of the workforce in the banking sector is/are affected by the new legislation.Workers in general
(Definition of workforce noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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