How to pronounce“labour”in English
verbnew constellation of norms where there is growing common expectations no forced
labour no child labor you know do no harm and then do what good you can so
negative and affirmative obligations and that's what's represented in the UN norms for international business which have evolved just in the last six years
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Definitions of “labour”
An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
“[…]So I ſet myſelf to enlarge my Cave and Works farther into the Earth; for it was a looſe ſandy Rock, which yielded eaſily to the Labour I beſtowed on it[…]”
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
“Being a labour of so great difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for.”
To toil, to work.
“Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern.”
To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
“I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.”
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