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Lockout

The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.

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Opposition 76% connected

The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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Resistance 76% connected

The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

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Account noun · 78% connection

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of the…

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Adjust verb · 78% connection

To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adju…

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Answer verb · 78% connection

To make a satisfactory response or return.

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Answerable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

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Arrangement noun · 78% connection

Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfac…

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Atelier noun · 78% connection

A workshop; a studio.

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Brotherhood noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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Character noun · 78% connection

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;…

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Character reference noun · 78% connection

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;…

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Employer noun · 78% connection

One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

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Evident adjective · 78% connection

Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is ev…

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Explanation noun · 78% connection

That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation.

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Factory noun · 78% connection

A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating…

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Garnishment noun · 78% connection

a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who wo…

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hunky-dory adjective · 78% connection

Everything is fine or satisfactory

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Labor union noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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Mental health noun · 78% connection

the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment

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Paymaster noun · 78% connection

One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an emplo…

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