Lockout

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The withholding of work from employees and closing down of a workplace by an employer during a labor dispute. Also called shutout.
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  • n. The opposite of a strike, a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
  • n. The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
  • n. A situation where the system is not responding to input.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of excluding a person or persons from a place by locking it up; the condition of such exclusion.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. prevent employees from working during a strike
  • n. a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shut out    keep out    shut    exclude    opposition   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    knockout   
    Same Context
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