labor
Usage
What are other ways to say labor?
Labor particularly denotes hard manual work: backbreaking labor; arduous labor. Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, especially of a menial or servile kind: the drudgery of household tasks. Toil suggests wearying or exhausting labor: toil that breaks down the worker's health. Work is the general word and may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard: fun work; heavy work.
Example Sentences
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Since the 1970s, labor productivity has actually declined sector-wide, according to official government statistics.
From Los Angeles Times
The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.3%, a sign the fragile labor market is stabilizing.
From MarketWatch
Even after they moved some manufacturing to countries with lower labor costs—Mexico, South Korea—in recent decades, GM, Ford and Chrysler struggled to compete with their Asian rivals.
Easing price pressures, coupled with this week’s robust labor data, reassured some investors that there is a path for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates without an economic downturn.
Popcorn remains one of the most profitable consumer products; kernels cost pennies per serving, store well, generate little waste and require minimal labor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
