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LABOR DEPARTMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Labor Department mean? 

LABOR DEPARTMENT (noun)
  The noun LABOR DEPARTMENT has 1 sense:

1. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913play

  Familiarity information: LABOR DEPARTMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LABOR DEPARTMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Department of Labor; DoL; Labor; Labor Department

Hypernyms ("Labor Department" is a kind of...):

executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Labor Department"):

Occupational Safety and Health Administration; OSHA (a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment)


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