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labour-intensive

adjective

of or denoting a task, organization, industry, etc, in which a high proportion of the costs are due to wages, salaries, etc

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Nearby words

  1. labour day,
  2. labour exchange,
  3. labour law,
  4. labour party,
  5. labour relations,
  6. laboured,
  7. labourer,
  8. labourism,
  9. labourist,
  10. labourite
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