labour pool

collocation in English

meaningsofLabourandpool

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labour
noun[+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈleɪ.bər/us
/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
the Labour Party, the political party in Great Britain that believes in social equality, a more equal sharing out of wealth, and the rights ...
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pool
noun
uk
/puːl/us
/puːl/
a small area of usually ...
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(Definition oflabourandpoolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflabour pool

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If a farmer is foreclosed, he loses his land and enters thelabourpool.
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It is possible that those wishing to become part of a flexiblelabourpooldid so as freelancers or consultants, after accepting early retirement.
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An armed and mobile pastoral population could not be readily subjected to an organised administration, nor serve as alabourpoolfor coerced service elsewhere.
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The workers collectively had lost their scarcity value as the casuallabourpoolgrew enormously in the city, whereas the jobber's recruitment role was still formally intact in most mills.
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Join the unemployed or half-employed or under-employedlabourpool.
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A bigger fleet is needed to operate from the port to provide an adequatelabourpooland to spread the costs of port operations.
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What is more, it is drawing from roughly the samelabourpool.
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It has an unrivalledlabourpool, able to meet the requirements of almost every variety of large industrial and first-class public utility services.
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But do not think, gentlemen, that we are prepared yet again to serve merely as alabourpool, to be set aside when our services are no longer required.
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This training measure has the dual effect of improving the quality of human resources after the sabbatical year and drastically reducing the availablelabourpoolduring it.
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This was a tremendouslabourpool.
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They do not recognise that if there is alabourpoolaround a factory, the directors will ensure that they are getting the best from that community.
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It was close to shops, department stores, transport terminals, and financial institutions, to suppliers, to thelabourpooland the potential market.
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Though apprentices were there to learn, they also constituted a valuablelabourpool, with their artistic output contributing financially to the school.
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Industrial buildings must be connected to the citylabourpoolbefore they can become operational, which is done through a walker.
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Worried about the impact of the dilution of labour caused by bringing external groups into the mainlabourpool, workers in some areas turned to strike action.
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These labour pool's consisted of both men and women.
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It was ineffectual and did not show where it matters—in the industry's labour pools.
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