The main difference between labor and labour is that labor is the spelling in American English, and labour is preferred throughout the English speaking world.
Labor
Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work.
Labor
A specific task or effort, especially a painful or arduous one
"Eating the bread was a labor I put myself through to quiet my stomach" (Gail Anderson-Dargatz).
Labour
Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
Labor
A particular form of work or method of working
Manual labor.
Labour
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
Labor
Work for wages
Businesses paying more for labor.
Labour
(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
Labor
Workers considered as a group.
Labour
(uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
Labor
The trade union movement, especially its officials.
Labour
The act of a mother giving birth.
Labor
Labor A political party representing workers' interests, especially in Great Britain.
Labour
The time period during which a mother gives birth.
Labor
The process by which childbirth occurs, beginning with contractions of the uterus and ending with the expulsion of the fetus or infant and the placenta.
Labour
(nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
Labor
To work; toil
Labored in the fields.
Labour
(historical) A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
Labor
To strive painstakingly
Labored over the needlepoint.
Labor
To proceed with great effort; plod
Labored up the hill.
Labour
(intransitive) To toil, to work.
Labor
(Nautical) To pitch and roll.
Labour
(transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.
Labor
To suffer from distress or a disadvantage
Labored under the misconception that others were cooperating.
Labour
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
Labor
To undergo the labor of childbirth.
Labour
To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
Labor
To deal with in exhaustive or excessive detail; belabor
Labor a point in the argument.
Labour
(nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
Labor
To distress; burden
I will not labor you with trivial matters.
Labour
Same as labor; - British spelling.
Labor
Of or relating to labor.
Labour
A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;
There is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
Labor
Labor Of or relating to a Labor Party.
Labour
Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child;
She was in labor for six hours
Labor
Standard spelling of labour
Labour
A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
Labor
Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.
God hath setLabor and rest, as day and night, to menSuccessive.
Labour
Productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
His labor did not require a great deal of skill
Labor
Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.
Labour
Work hard;
She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long
Labor
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
Being a labor of so great a difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for.
Labour
Strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
She tugged for years to make a decent living
We have to push a little to make the deadline!
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
Labor
Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.
The queen's in labor,They say, in great extremity; and fearedShe'll with the labor end.
Labour
Undergo the efforts of childbirth
Labor
Any pang or distress.
Labor
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
Labor
A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177
Labor
A stope or set of stopes.
Labor
To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.
Adam, well may we labor still to dressThis garden.
Labor
To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.
Labor
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; - often with under, and formerly with of.
The stone that labors up the hill.
The line too labors, and the words move slow.
To cure the disorder under which he labored.
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Labor
To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
Labor
To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
Labor
To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.
The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only labored by children.
Labor
To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care.
Labor
To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge strenuously; as, to labor a point or argument.
Labor
To belabor; to beat.
Labor
Productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
His labor did not require a great deal of skill
Labor
A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;
There is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
Labor
Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child;
She was in labor for six hours
Labor
An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement)
Labor
A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
Labor
The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
Labor
Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;
He prepared for great undertakings
Labor
Strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
She tugged for years to make a decent living
We have to push a little to make the deadline!
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
Labor
Work hard;
She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long
Labor
Undergo the efforts of childbirth
The term labor and labour are often confusing because of their close spelling and the same pronunciation. They also are interchangeable without changing the intimation of the sentence. But the words are different from each other as labor is the spelling in American English, and labour is preferred throughout the English speaking world.
Although there is no difference between the meaning of both the words. The word labor and labour are a verb as well as a noun. There is a direct demand for labor, and the demand for labour is indirect. Americans prefer the spelling “Labor.” They prefer the spelling “labour.” Labor or labour is the act of performing work. This word with different regional spelling is referring to anyone who performs the work.
The meaning of both words is almost similar or the same. Labor and labour both contribute to the economy by fulfilling their duty by putting hard work in it. The word labor/labour originates from Middle English, from an Old French word “labour” (noun), labourer (verb). Both of these words derive from Latin labor meaning ‘toil or trouble.’
The meaning of labor and labour is also perceived differently. Labor or labour the income which is generated for the labours. The labour gets that income after performing their duty. Labor is any physical or mental service which is rendered by the labours. Labor and labour are the essentials. There is no labor without labour. And there is no economy without labor.
Labor is a wage or monthly income or salary that is given as a reward of hard work. Labour is something humans always have to produce goods and services upon which our life depends. Both words have distinct regional pronunciation. Word labor is pronounced as “ley-ber.” Word labour is pronounced as “lei-bə.”
Labor is the monthly or weakly salary of a worker. Labour is a measure of work done by humans. Labor is also known as “a process by which the placenta and fetus leave the uterus. Labour also refers to the job market function through the interaction of employers and workers. Labor is now the American spellings. Labour is now the Australian spellings.
Both labor and labour have the same meaning, but their spellings are different due to the alphabet “u” modern English use “u” in labor spelling, i.e., Single.
The word “labor” is the amount of some social, mental, or physical efforts which are used to produce goods and services in the economy. It is the aggregate of all the human efforts to give products in response. Labor is just a primary factor of production. It is estimated by the size of a nation’s labor to its adult population.
Labor is also estimated by the extent of adults either they are working or preparing their labor for salary. “Labor” is meant to supply the services, workforce, and expertise, which a company or organization needed to convert raw material into useful finished products.
However, in return laborers receive their salaries to meet their needs and to buy services, goods or products that they don’t produce themselves. Those labors without any desired abilities, experience or skills don’t get paid a living wage. Many countries give a minimum salary to their labor that isn’t enough to cover the cost of living.
Labors are classified into different categories. The first category is skilled labor, and the second category is unskilled labor, which doesn’t need any training to start their work. Labor is also categorized based on the relationship with the employer. Such labors are wage employees mean a boss supervises them and also awarded with benefits and weekly or bi-weekly salary.
Contract labor is also another type of labor. It is up to the worker how many days they take to finish their work. The specific amount is paid to the workers. Semi-skilled labors required some education to get a desirable job.
According to Professor Marshall Word, “Labour” means any effort of body or mind undertaken totally or partly to earn some money. S.E. Thomas said that “Labor connotes all human body or mental efforts which are done in the expectation of any reward that is said to be wage or salary.” According to Waugh, “Labour is all human efforts that are used in production.”
In other words, labour means that the work done is by the manual worker. Mostly the hard work done by unskilled workers refers to the labour. The term labor in economics means manual labour. It also includes mental work. Labour includes both the physical and the mental work in return for some monetary reward, which can be on a daily weekly or monthly basis.
Mostly the monetary reward for labours is in the form of daily wages. Sometimes, the educated and well off people are also labour as they are dedicating their skills and services to an organization or institution, e.g. doctors’ services in hospitals, advocates, officers, teachers, and workers working in factories.
Any physical and mental work which is done by the people not to get a salary or any reward but to help others to attain pleasure or happiness; they are not helping us as labour.
Furthermore, if a mother brings up her baby, the doctor treats his wife and teachers to teach her child these all activities are done by him/her are not considered as labour in economics. It is because of these all works are done by them to earn money. Just like it if a gardener works in the college garden here he is labour and gets a wage to do this. But if the same work is done by him in his house garden here he is not working as a labour and not paid for that work.
