työvoima — meaning in English

English meaning

• labour noun Hard physical or mental effort put into a task; work.
• workforce noun All the people employed by a company, industry, or country.

Senses

työvoima is used for these senses in English:

• labour (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
• labour force The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).
• workforce All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.

labour — full definition

1. noun Hard physical or mental effort put into a task; work.
2. noun Workers as a group, especially the working class, or a political movement representing them.
3. noun The process of childbirth, including the contractions leading up to it.
4. verb To work hard at something, or to move forward with great effort or difficulty.

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