low-cost labour

collocation in English

meaningsoflow-costandlabour

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low-cost
adjective
uk
/ˌləʊˈkɒst/us
/ˌloʊˈkɑːst/
cheap:
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labour
noun
uk
/ˈleɪ.bər/us
/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
practical work, especially when it involves hard ...
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(Definition oflow-costandlabourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A number oflow-costlabourmarkets that are anxious to secure manufacturing development are emerging.
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To point out to them that unless we letlow-costlabourcome to where the investment is, then the investment will go to where thelow-costlabouris.
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They will vote in favour of their continued employment, instead of the import of goods fromlow-costlabour.
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Cars are produced with relativelylow-costlabourin modern, well-equipped plants built by the large multinationals.
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There is an abundance oflow-costlabour.
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Those are only straws in the wind, but my constituents do not talk about putting up barriers against trade withlow-costlabourareas.
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A combination oflow-costlabourand energy helped the gemstone-working industry flourish.
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The story of the foowear industry is much the same as that of the textile, except that the textile industry competes with unfair competition fromlow-costlabourcountries.
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A purely commercial business would locate its production centres in concentrated areas where infrastructure and alow-costlaboursupply are available.
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In this regard, older cemeteries designed at a time of relativelylow-costlabourand limited automation tend to present the greatest difficulties for maintenance.
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