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LABOUR OF LOVE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does labour of love mean?

• LABOUR OF LOVE (noun)
The noun LABOUR OF LOVE has 1 sense:

1. productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation

Familiarity information: LABOUR OF LOVE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LABOUR OF LOVE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

labor of love; labour of love

Hypernyms ("labour of love" is a kind of...):

labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)

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