labour vs labor
labour
Definitions
verb
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- work hard
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
noun
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Examples
Labour to keep alive in your breast that spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Labour is naturally a bit shell-shocked finding itself out of office for the first time in 13 years.
The somnolent Hampden conference suddenly started to come alive as he laid into Labour as a waste of space in Westminster.
labor
Definitions
noun
- the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
- a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
Examples
Equally badly behaved, but a little calmer and better informed, were the massive numbers from the labor unions.
The result of such rack-rent can only be evil, abuse and neglect of the soil, deterioration in the character of the laborers, and a widespread sense of injustice.
There are a lot of counterarguments to using more labor in China.