cheap labour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcheapandlabour
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cheap
adjective
uk/tʃiːp/us/tʃiːp/
costing little money or less than is usual ...
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labour
noun
uk/ˈleɪ.bər/us/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
practical work, especially when it involves hard ...
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(Definition ofcheapandlabourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In order to exploit the tropical rent, abundant andcheaplabourwas required.
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In some cases, multinationals in search ofcheaplabourhave increased opportunities.
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They are merelycheaplabour.
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It is notcheaplabour.
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They also havecheaplabour.
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Cheaplabourhas been abolished.
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Cheap goods often representcheaplabourandcheaplabouroften represents danger and a lack of safety, particularly in aircraft.
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Transport costs to world markets were high for which the settlers needed to compensate by usingcheaplabour.
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Yet on the other hand, policy is also fiendishly designed to supplycheaplabourwhile placating a nativist electorate.
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First, there had to be an abundance ofcheaplaboursuited to de-skilled work in global factories.
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They are most liable to be pushed into working more intensively as unpaid family labour or ascheaplabour.
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It was based oncheaplabour.
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Cheaplabourcan hold back innovation.
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It may be thatcheaplabourhelps.
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That only encourages acheaplabourmentality.
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The days ofcheaplabourare over.
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The wages councils preventcheaplabour.
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The services are supplied bycheaplabour.
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The second is that ofcheaplabour.
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The company relies oncheaplabour.
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He simply used them ascheaplabour.
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These are notcheaplabourschemes.
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A woman is regarded ascheaplabour.
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Is it a war forcheaplabour?
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Do we want acheaplaboureconomy?
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