Day-labor (n.) Labor hired or performed by the day. |
Fair (superl.) Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection |
Fair (superl.) Pleasing to the eye |
Fair (superl.) Without a dark hue |
Fair (superl.) Not overcast |
Fair (superl.) Free from obstacles or hindrances |
Fair (superl.) Without sudden change of direction or curvature |
Fair (superl.) Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor |
Fair (superl.) Pleasing |
Fair (superl.) Distinct |
Fair (superl.) Free from any marked characteristic |
Fair (adv.) Clearly |
Fair (n.) Fairness, beauty. |
Fair (n.) A fair woman |
Fair (n.) Good fortune |
Fair (v. t.) To make fair or beautiful. |
Fair (v. t.) To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel's lines. |
Fair (n.) A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade. |
Fair (n.) A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object |
Fair (n.) A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale |
Fair-haired (a.) Having fair or light-colored hair. |
Fair-leader (n.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope. |
Fair-minded (a.) Unprejudiced |
Fair-natured (a.) Well-disposed. |
Fair-weather (a.) Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice |
Fair-weather (a.) Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous |
Fair-world (n.) State of prosperity. |
Labor (n.) Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise |
Labor (n.) Intellectual exertion |
Labor (n.) That which requires hard work for its accomplishment |
Labor (n.) Travail |
Labor (n.) Any pang or distress. |
Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging. |
Labor (n.) A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres. |
Labor (n.) To exert muscular strength |
Labor (n.) To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design |
Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease |
Labor (n.) To be in travail |
Labor (n.) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea. |
Labor (v. t.) To work at |
Labor (v. t.) To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care. |
Labor (v. t.) To prosecute, or perfect, with effort |
Labor (v. t.) To belabor |
Labor-saving (a.) Saving labor |
Set-fair (n.) In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. |
fair ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
fair catch | (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled |
induction of labor | (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac |
Braxton-Hicks contraction false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
carnival fair funfair | a traveling show, having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. |
Secretary of Labor Labor Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Labor, the post of Labor Secretary was created in |
Secretary of Commerce and Labor | head of a former executive department created inand divided into two departments in |
labor labour toil | productive work (especially physical work done for wages), his labor did not require a great deal of skill |
manual labor manual labour | labor done with the hands |
undertaking project task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
labor of love labour of love | productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation |
fair trade | trade that is conducted legally |
fair trade | trade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers, often with other social and environmental considerations |
labor market | the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers |
bazaar fair | a sale of miscellany, often for charity, the church bazaar |
book fair bookfair | bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause |
craft fair | a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale |
fair hearing | a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits) |
labor camp labour camp | a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor |
vanity fair | a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities |
fair chance sporting chance | a reasonable probability of success |
fair use | the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties |
fairness fair-mindedness candor candour | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty |
fair copy | a clean copy of a corrected draft |
fair-trade agreement | an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer |
labor contract labor agreement collective agreement | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions |
fair-trade act | formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from priceutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise, eliminated by the United States Congress in |
fair deal square deal | fair treatment |
Kurdistan Workers Party Kurdistan Labor Pary Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan PPK | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey |
National Labor Relations Board NLRB | an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions |
National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST | an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs |
Department of Labor Labor Department Labor DoL | the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States, created in |
Department of Commerce and Labor | a former executive department of the United States government, created inand split into two departments in |
labor labour working class proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
labor force labor pool | the source of trained people from which workers can be hired |
organized labor | employees who are represented by a labor union |
union labor union trade union trades union brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, you have to join the union in order to get a job |
American Federation of Labor AFL | a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO | the largest federation of North American labor unions, formed in |
American Labor Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party |
Farmer-Labor Party | a former minor political party in the United States in the early th century |
labor party labour party | a left-ofenter political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people |
Australian Labor Party | the oldest political party in Australia, founded in , the party is moderately liberal |
British Labour Party Labour Party Labour Labor | a political party formed in Great Britain in , characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries |
Socialist Labor Party | a political party in the United States, formed in to advocate the peaceful introduction of socialism |
International Labor Organization International Labour Organization ILO | the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor |
fair | a competitive exhibition of farm products, she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair |
book fair bookfair | fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books |
fair | gathering of producers to promote business, world fair, trade fair, book fair |
labor movement trade union movement labor | an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement |