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I. la·bour, Am la·bor [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. labour (work):

2. labour no pl ECON (workers):

Facharbeiter(innen) mpl (f) <-s, -; -, -nen>
Hilfsarbeiter(innen) mpl (f) <-s, -; -, -nen>

3. labour no pl (childbirth):

II. la·bour, Am la·bor [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -ɚ] N modifier ECON

Arbeitsrecht nt <-(e)s> kein pl

III. la·bour, Am la·bor [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -ɚ] VB intr

1. labour (do physical work):

2. labour (work hard):

3. labour (do sth with effort):

to labour on [or over] sth
sich acc mit etw dat abplagen [o. inf abrackern]

IV. la·bour, Am la·bor [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -ɚ] VB trans

I. La·bour [ˈleɪbəʳ] Brit N no pl POL

II. La·bour [ˈleɪbəʳ] Brit N modifier POL

childbirth, parturition, labour, delivery N

free ˈla·bour N no pl Brit

hard ˈla·bour, Am hard ˈla·bor N no pl

Zwangsarbeit f <-> kein pl

ˈla·bour camp N

Arbeitslager nt <-s, ->

ˈla·bour cost N

ˈLa·bour Day N no pl Brit

ˈla·bour dis·pute N Brit

Arbeitskampf m <-(e)s, -kämpfe>

ˈla·bour dis·putes N pl ECON

la·bour ef·ˈfi·cien·cy N Brit

ˈLa·bour Ex·change N Brit

Labour Exchange ECON dated → jobcentre

See also

ˈla·bour force N + sing/pl vb

Present
Ilabour
youlabour
he/she/itlabours
welabour
youlabour
theylabour
Past
Ilaboured
youlaboured
he/she/itlaboured
welaboured
youlaboured
theylaboured
Present Perfect
Ihavelaboured
youhavelaboured
he/she/ithaslaboured
wehavelaboured
youhavelaboured
theyhavelaboured
Past Perfect
Ihadlaboured
youhadlaboured
he/she/ithadlaboured
wehadlaboured
youhadlaboured
theyhadlaboured
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