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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“This leaves the economy vulnerable to shocks, because the labor market is the main firewall against a recession,” Sweet said.
The U.S. economy has been marked this year by the paradox of a rising stock market but a slowing labor market.
The data was reassuring for investors who have grown concerned that a sluggish labor market could start to hit the American consumer harder.
In line with this trend, consumer views on the labor market were “weaker in December,” according to a new survey by the Conference Board.
From MarketWatch
As for labor data specifically, Bank of Canada officials noted “a broader set of indicators showed a mixed picture,” with job vacancies low and the bulk of new hiring focused on the part-time variety.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
