Definition of lockout
: the withholding of employment by an employer and the whole or partial closing of the business establishment in order to gain concessions from or resist demands of employees
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Recent Examples of lockout from the Web
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Earlier in his career, with some NBA interest percolating back home, he was forced to choose between guaranteed money on the table in China and a shot at the NBA, but an impending lockout loomed overhead.
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Among the one-year bests should be the Indians' Albert Belle, who scowled and cussed his way to 50 homers in a 144-game, lockout-shortened season in 1995.
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And DYRS can help with more than trimming hedges — as was evidenced by a lockout scare Saturday at the house after Bowser had departed.
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A giant reverse-lockout trigger on the backside of the shifter is more distracting and odd than a fidget spinner, and the shifter’s action and feel are more utilitarian than pleasing.
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The rule would replace Obamacare’s tax penalty for people who choose not to buy insurance, but Paul would allow insurance companies to impose their own lockout provision without a government mandate.
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Regardless, this represents a long period without the threat of a lockout.
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Top reasons for calls include dead batteries, flat tires, and lockouts, AAA says.
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Udoh missed some playing time due to a wrist injury and the NBA lockout.
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First Known Use of lockout
1853
LOCKOUT Defined for English Language Learners
lockout
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: a situation in which an employer tries to force workers to accept certain conditions by refusing to let them come to work until those conditions are accepted
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: the withholding of employment by an employer in order to gain concessions from or resist demands of employees
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