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slave labour

slave la·bour
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sleyv ley-ber]
    • /sleɪv ˈleɪ bər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sleyv ley-ber]
    • /sleɪv ˈleɪ bər/

Definitions of slave labour words

  • uncountable noun slave labour Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves. 0
  • uncountable noun slave labour If people work very hard for long hours for very little money, you can refer to it as slave labour. 0
  • noun slave labour the work done by slaves, or the slaves themselves 0
  • noun slave labour hard work for which you receive very little remuneration 0
  • noun slave labour Using slaves to do work. 0
  • noun slave labour (figuratively) The employment of workers for meagre pay to do tedious tasks. 0

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Parts of speech for Slave labour

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slave labour popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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