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productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.

the body of persons engaged in such activity, especially those working for wages.

this body of persons considered as a class (management andcapital ).

physical or mental work, especially of a hard or fatiguing kind; toil.

a job or task done or to be done.

the physical effort and periodic uterine contractions of childbirth.

the interval from the onset of these contractions to childbirth.

Also called Labor Department.��Informal.��Labor. the Department of Labor.

to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil.

to strive, as toward a goal; work hard (often followed byfor ).

to act, behave, or function at a disadvantage (usually followed byunder ).

to be in the actual process of giving birth.

to roll or pitch heavily, as a ship.

to develop or dwell on in excessive detail.

to burden or tire.

British Dialect.��to work or till (soil or the like).