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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The Democrats’ House campaign arm, which had become a punching bag for conservatives and liberal insurgents alike, had one job Tuesday: avoid a lockout in California.
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The three of them, in addition to Dixon and Sato gave Honda a lockout of the top five positions.
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According to Local 280 President John Valenzuela, the union has twice struck -- in 1969 and 1992, though the latter was a lockout.
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This is one of the effects of Sydney’s notorious four-year-old lockout laws, which limit late-night drinking.
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Carlson's contract includes a $2 million signing bonus for both the 2020-21 and 2022-23 seasons, protection for when the NHL could enter a lockout, according to The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun.
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Democrats remain nervous about lockouts in the 49th, 39th and 48th congressional districts.
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The only time previously was seven years back, during the NFL lockout.
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What would have been his first season, though, was the 2004-2005 NHL lockout.
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First Known Use of lockout
1853
lock out
Definition of lock out
: to subject (a body of employees) to a lockout
First Known Use of lock out
1853
LOCKOUT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lockout for English Language Learners
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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
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of lockout
: the withholding of employment by an employer in order to gain concessions from or resist demands of employees
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