labor market
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noun
the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
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Origin of labor market
First recorded in 1825–35
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Examples from the Web for labor market
But broader measures of labor-market frustration remain at very high levels.
In the labor-market we stand ready to sell to the highest bidder our mere muscular strength for so many hours each day.
This is patent, else the scab would not loom so large on the labor-market horizon.
War of the Classes|Jack LondonOur best economists reprehend the policy of depleting our labor-market.
Ginx's Baby|Edward Jenkins
Culture definitions for labor market
labor market
An area of economic exchange in which workers seek jobs and employers seek workers. A “tight” labor market has more jobs than workers. In a “slack” labor market, the reverse is true.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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