lockout

[ lok-out ]

noun

1. the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer's terms.

lockout

1. The withholding of work from employees and closing down of a plant by an employer during a labor dispute.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lockout¹

First recorded in 1850–55; noun use of verb phrase lock out

Example Sentences

It’s why the support of a well designed lockout is so nice on a big bike.

From Outside Online

I have a lot of long, mellow climbs and a few mid-sized steep ones, and if a lockout will make them quicker and more comfortable, I’ll happily use it.

From Outside Online

That may have upped the risk of a lockout, and an all-Republican runoff.

From Washington Post

Hart’s goals saved versus average is already among the worst performances since the league emerged from the lockout in 2005, with a chance to move to the very bottom if he plays 30 games or more at his current pace.

From Washington Post

ESPN last broadcast NHL games in 2004, before the league lost the 2004-05 season to a lockout.

From Washington Post

Matters escalated from there, with threats of a strike and a lockout making headlines throughout the summer.

From The Daily Beast

That figure represents the serious cut that the players took to settle the 2011 lockout, when it was slashed from 57 percent.

From The Daily Beast

Local businesses that rely on the traffic generated by hockey games are feeling the effects of the lockout.

From The Daily Beast

The lockout may not put a crimp in the day of the typical sports fan.

From The Daily Beast

And a shocking number of people spend the night in hotels, so [the lockout] is really a big impact for those businesses.

From The Daily Beast

To attain their end these associations made liberal use of the lockout, the blacklist, and armed guards and detectives.

From Project Gutenberg

There is nothing legally or morally wrong in a strike or lockout when properly conducted.

From Project Gutenberg

The strike and the lockout become potential, but they impend as possibilities and do their work.

From Project Gutenberg

The bricklayers attempted to hold a meeting at Greenebaum's hall Friday night to discuss what they termed "the bosses' lockout."

From Project Gutenberg

He was sure the lockout would not last long, because there was so much disaffection among the bosses.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blockage
• closure
• cutoff
• interruption
• layoff
• shutdown
• walkout