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lockout definition

lock·out (-o̵ut′)

noun

the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come in to work until agreement is reached, as on contract terms

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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