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Noun: lockout  'lók`awt
  1. A management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms
Verb: lock out  lók awt
  1. Prevent employees from working during a strike

Derived forms: locking out, locks out, lockouts, locked out

Type of: exclude, keep out, opposition, resistance, shut, shut out

Encyclopedia: Lock out

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