Meaning of labour force | Babel Free
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).
UK
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.