labour force
noun/ˈleɪbə fɔːs/
/ˈleɪbər fɔːrs/
(US English labor force)
[countable + singular or plural verb]- all the people who work for a company or in a country synonym workforce
- a skilled/an unskilled labour force
- The labour force is/are largely unskilled.
- An increasing percentage of the labour force is now unemployed.
- the size of the labour force
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLabour force/labor force is used before these nouns:- participation
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