lockout
pronunciation
How to pronounce lockout in British English:
UK [ˈlɒkaʊt]
How to pronounce lockout in American English:
US [ˈlɑkaʊt]
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- Noun:
- a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms
Word Origin
- lockout (n.)
- also lock-out, "act of locking out workers," 1854, from lock (v.) + out.
Example
- 1. Do you want kobe to play overseas during the lockout ?
- 2. Qantas said that , in the wake of the tribunal ruling , the planned worker lockout would not go ahead .
- 3. Error analyzing account lockout information .
- 4. The last time the nhl had a lockout was in 2004 , and that year it was the entire season that ended up being canceled .
- 5. But he reiterated thursday that an extended lockout ultimately will prompt him to play overseas somewhere .