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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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
mà d'obra
— people available for employment
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Chinese Mandarin:
勞動力 /劳动力
(láodònglì)
— people available for employment
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Finnish:
työvoima
— people available for employment
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French:
main-d'œuvre
— people available for employment
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Georgian:
სამუშაო ძალა
(samušao ʒala)
— people available for employment
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German:
Arbeitskraft
— people available for employment
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Greek:
εργατικό δυναμικό
(ergatikó dynamikó)
— people available for employment
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Hungarian:
munkaerő
— people available for employment
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Italian:
manodopera
— people available for employment
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Japanese:
労働力
(rōdōryoku)
— people available for employment
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Japanese:
マンパワー
(manpawā)
— people available for employment
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Māori:
hunga mahi
— people available for employment
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Māori:
taimahi
— people available for employment
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Mongolian:
ажиллах хүч
(ažillax xüč)
— people available for employment
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Polish:
siła robocza
— people available for employment
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Portuguese:
mão de obra
— people available for employment
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Romanian:
forță de muncă
— people available for employment
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Spanish:
mano de obra
— people available for employment
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Swedish:
arbetskraft
— people available for employment
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Turkish:
iş gücü
— people available for employment
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Ukrainian:
робо́ча си́ла
(robóča sýla)
— people available for employment
