lockout
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
lockout
Law Definition
n
An employers refusal to allow employees to work, in
retaliation for union activity or a labor dispute.
lockout
Usage Examples
Possessives
- boss: Last year there was an oil ' strike ' in Venezuela, really a bosses ' lockout aimed at bringing down Chávez's government.
- engineer: The terrible defeat of the 40-hour strike in 1919 and the engineers ' lockout of 1922 killed off the shop stewards movement.
Converse of object
- include: Apples DRM includes region lockout 1 What could it all mean?
- end: Piece dotted with new landscape around lockout ended to.
- use: Congress is getting upset at carmakers using data format lockout to stop their customers getting repairs done at independent dealers.
Adjective modifier
- regional: Entirely independent of encryption, region coding pertains to regional lockout, which originated in the video game industry.
- front: Front panel lockout ( keypad and IR ) Front panel LCD blackout.
- great: Photograph of medals presented to T G Nicholas for services rendered in the class war during the great mining lockout of 1926.
Modifies a noun
- system: Perfect for riders who want the convenience of diving down a gnarly trail without having to stop and manually turn the lockout system off.
- switch: The 3/4 lockout switch is the least accessible electrical part of the MGB.
- mode: Rider can reset the system back to lockout mode by depressing the lockout dial.
- lever: Now use the progressive lockout lever to custom tune a pedaling platform for the riding terrain.
- chip: Atari 2600 / VCS Cartridges do not contain lockout chips.
- agreement: To prevent this you should negotiate a lockout agreement to prevent the seller negotiating with anyone else.
Noun used with modifier
- account: This sample demonstrates the automatic account lockout ability, as well as how to unlock a user once the account is locked out.
- suspension: The new British Army TERRIER engineer vehicle will also use a version of the Hydrogas suspension with suspension lockout.
- safety: This indicates safety lockout mode, loss of signal, glitches and motor on/off status at a glance.
- region: Apples DRM includes region lockout 1 What could it all mean?
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