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Meaning of labour force | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).

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Equivalents

Deutsch Arbeitskraft
Español mano de obra
Suomi työvoima
Français main-d'œuvre
Italiano manodopera
Polski siła robocza
Português mão de obra
Svenska arbetskraft
Türkçe iş gücü

Examples

“Of the total labour force now threatened with redundancy, of course, a proportion will be covered by natural wastage, so that the number eventually thrown out of railway work will be well below 19,000.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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