Lockout
Pronunciation : Lock"out`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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