{
    "term": "labor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "work, especially physical work",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**manual labor** *(= work using your hands)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price will include the labor and materials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company wants to keep down **labor costs**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The workers voted to **withdraw their labor** *(= to stop work as a means of protest)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a task or period of work",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was so exhausted from the day's labors that he went straight to bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People look forward to enjoying **the fruits of their labors** during retirement."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the people who work or are available for work in a country or company",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a shortage of labor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Companies are making huge profits by exploiting **cheap labor** in poor countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a growing demand for **skilled labor**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New **labor laws** make it more difficult for employers to sack workers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "good **labor relations** *(= the relationship between workers and employers)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the period of time or the process of giving birth to a baby",
            "sensetop": "in labor",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Jane was in labor for ten hours.",
                    "contextForm": "in labor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **went into labor** early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "labor pains"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a difficult labor."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Writing the book was a labor of love."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [],
        "us": []
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}