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nounwork force. (in the U.S.) the body of people who are at least 14 years old and are either employed or available for employment. Origin of labor forceFirst recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby labor forcelaboratory school, labor camp, Labor Day, labored, laborer, labor force, labor-intensive, laborious, Laborism, Laborite, Labor-Management Relations Act Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for labor forceAny "good" news is more a product of the nonfarm payroll report's methodology – specifically, its labor-force masking effect. What the August Jobs Number Misses|Alex Klein|September 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST If, as we have seen, labor has no value this is by no means the case with labor-force. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism|Friedrich Engels It would have to direct the plan of production in accordance with the means of production to which labor-force also belongs. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism|Friedrich Engels In his labor-force he has his competence, and, if he makes no use of it, that is his fault. The Ego and His Own|Max Stirner
The owner of money pays out a day's value of labor-force but there belongs to him its use for the day, the whole day's labor. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism|Friedrich Engels The sales-force is as truly a part of the labor-force of a corporation as are the mechanics. The Value of Money|Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
Words related to labor forcepersonnel, workforce, crew, manpower, proletariat, shop floor, working classes |