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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To flip the House in November, Democrats need to pick up 24 seats; lockouts would have made their road back to a majority significantly rockier.
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The polling suggested that those fears were probably overstated and there was even the chance of a Republican lockout in 39th and 49th.
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But the chances of a swing district lockout tend to be highest in two types of races.
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The lockout at Hawthorne was lifted after about 15 minutes.
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The negative attention on officials played into the end of the 2012 NFL referee lockout.
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Interwar Italy was battered by high inflation and unemployment, and paralyzed for almost two years by strikes and lockouts as left- and right-wing gangs battled in the streets.
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Perimeter gates and doors were locked so no one could go in and out of the schools during the lockout.
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In Reading, Pennsylvania, there's talk of union lockouts and jobs going overseas.
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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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