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labour
"Labour" is the British English spelling. In American English, it is spelled "labor". When referring to work or childbirth, the word is usually an uncountable noun. However, when referring to a worker as an individual (though rare), it can be countable. In a political context, "Labour" (often capitalized) refers specifically to the Labour Party in the UK and other Commonwealth countries.
💬Casual Conversation
David's tripping. He wants us to do all this manual labour for the event setup.
I'm totally clocked out. Tell him you're bogged down with the slides.
Meanings
Work, especially hard physical work.
"The construction of the pyramids required a vast amount of manual labour."
Workers considered as a social class or collective group.
"The government is negotiating with organised labour to prevent a strike."
To work hard to achieve or produce something; to exert great effort.
"He laboured over the manuscript for three years before publishing it."
To work hard; to move with difficulty or effort.
"The exhausted climber laboured up the steep mountain slope."