labour

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 54.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
2. noun That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
3. noun Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
4. noun A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
5. noun The act or process of a mother giving birth.
6. noun The time period during which a mother gives birth.
7. noun The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
8. noun A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.

Similar words

moil toil travail push drive tug drudge confinement grind working class

Often followed by

and party market force in of is to government

Word family

labor labored labors laboured labouring labours