| 单词 | labour bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslabour bill labour bill n. (a) a proposed piece of legislation concerned with labour conditions, the workforce, etc. (see bill n.3 3); (b) a bill for payment for work done; (c) a piece of legislation proposed by a Labour Party. ΚΠ 1818 Morning Chron. 21 Apr. A Member under the Gallery asked at what time it was intended to bring on the Cotton Factories Labour Bill? 1845 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 10/2 Under this system, the labor bills would be comparatively small. 1912 T. W. Holderness People & Probl. India vi. 140 The peasant has no labour bill, as he and his family work the holding. 1986 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Feb. Some rights bestowed under Tory legislation would be retained in the Labour bill. 2001 M. V. Murillo Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, & Market Reforms in Lat. Amer. iv. 65 In 1990, after the CTV organized a public demonstration to demand the sanction of the labor bill, the Congress passed it. < as lemmas |
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