- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;
"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child;
"she was in labor for six hours"
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
- the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;
"he prepared for great undertakings"