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Labour Party

Definition: Labour Party

Labour Party

Noun

1. A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Labour Party

Synonyms: Labor (n), Labor Party (n), Labour (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Labour Party

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The name Labour Party is used by several political parties around the world. They are usually Social Democrats and traditionally allied to trade unions.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Labour Party."

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Crosswords: Labour Party

English words defined with "Labour Party": 1st Earl AttleeAttleeClement Attlee, Clement Richard AttleeLabouriteMilitant Tendency. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Labour Party

DomainTitle

Books

  • A History of the British Labour Party (British Studies Series) (reference)

  • A Short History of the Labour Party (reference)

  • The British Labour Party and Defense (The Washington Papers) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Labour Party

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

In November, 1999 a new government was elected led by Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Helen Clark. (references)

Civil Liberties

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) party has alleged that the Labour Party has maintained absolute control of the national television and radio broadcasting facilities, blocking PAM's access and ability to debate government policies or air opposing concerns. (references)

Economic History

Ireland

Fine Gael also picked up seats but was unable to form a coalition with the much-reduced Labour party. (references)

Ireland

Mary Robinson of the Labour Party shocked the political establishment by winning the 1990 presidential election. (references)

Human Rights

Jamaica

On September 7, unidentified gunmen invaded the Mountainview area of Kingston, a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) affiliated community, and killed four persons, two of whom were JLP party activists. (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

Despite high hopes within the new Labour party, the merger had little impact on Labour's overall performance in the 1999 local and EU parliamentary elections. (references)

Saint Lucia

In generally free and fair elections on December 3, Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony's Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) retained power, winning 14 seats in the Assembly. (references)

Political Rights

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The Labour Party holds all eight St. Kitts seats in the legislature; opposition parties hold the other three seats. (references)

Barbados

In the 1999 elections, the BLP won a decisive victory, gaining a 26-to-2 majority over the Democratic Labour Party. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

During the 1998 election, the ruling New Democratic Party won a slim 1-seat majority (8 of 15) in Parliament, despite losing the popular vote by a 55 to 45 percent margin to the opposition Unity Labour Party. (references)

Worker Rights

Barbados

Some officers of the largest union, the Barbados Workers' Union, are associated personally with the Democratic Labour Party. (references)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The major labor union, the St. Kitts Trades and Labour Union, is associated closely with the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party and is active in all sectors of the economy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Labour Party

Expression using "Labour Party": labour party member. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Labour Party

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

labour party

58

jamaica labour party

22

labour party uk

11

australian labour party

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Labour Party

Language Translations for "Labour Party"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

parti punëtore (labor party). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حزب العمال (labor party). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

лейбъристката партия (labor party). (various references)

   

Czech

  

dìlnická strana. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Partij van de Arbeid. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

työväenpuolue (the Labour Party). (various references)

   

French

  

Parti du Travail. (various references)

   

German

  

Partei der Arbeit. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

munkáspárt (lab). (various references)

   

Italian

  

partito laburista (labor party). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

労働党 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ろうどうとう. (various references)

   

Manx

  

Partee yn Lught Obbyr, Partee Obbraghys. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abourlay artypay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

dores do parto (labor, labor party). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

partid muncitoresc (labor party). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

лейбористская партия (labor party). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

radnička partija (labor party). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

partido laborista (labor, labor party, labour). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

labourparti (labor party), arbetarparti (labor party). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

işçi partisi (labour). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Labour Party

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-o-p-r-r-t-u-y"

-2 letters: portrayal.

-3 letters: abruptly, layabout, portably.

-4 letters: auroral, butyral, outplay, outpray, pabular, parlour, parroty, portray, poultry, ratably, tabular, turbary.

-5 letters: abator, ablaut, aboral, abrupt, aortal, arbour, arroba, aurora, baryta, blurry, brulot, brutal, burlap, labour, larrup, layout, outlay, paltry, parlay, parlor, parral, parrot, partly, parura, patrol, payola, payout, portal, portly, protyl, pyrola, pyrrol, rabato, raptly, raptor, rotary, rubato, tabour, tapalo, torula, uproar.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l-o-p-r-r-t-u-y"
 

+2 letters: perambulatory.

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Alternative Orthography: Labour Party


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 61 62 6F 75 72      50 61 72 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01010000 01100001 01110010 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#98 &#111 &#117 &#114 &#32 &#80 &#97 &#114 &#116 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0062 006F 0075 0072      0050 0061 0072 0074 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46676881878425067848691

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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