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lockout

/ˈlɑˌkaʊt/ /ˈlɒkaʊt/
noun
  1. 1 lokavt
  2. 2 işverenin işçileri işten çıkarması

Definition (English)

  1. When employers prevent workers from entering their workplace, often during a dispute.
  2. The act of preventing someone from entering a place, like changing locks to evict a tenant.

Example Sentences

  1. The company announced a lockout during the strike.
    Şirket grev sırasında bir lokavt duyurdu.
  2. The lockout lasted for weeks.
    Lokavt haftalarca sürdü.

Synonyms

lockdownshutdownclosurework stoppagework banworkplace closure

Antonyms

lock-inwork accessopen workplacework resumption

Collocations

impose a lockoutlockout beginslockout endslockout periodlockout by employerlockout during dispute

Related Words

employeremployeedisputestrikenegotiationunion

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