Definitions for lockout

lockout lock·out

Spelling: [lok-out]
IPA: /ˈlɒkˌaʊt/

Lockout is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in lockout (cklootu).

Definitions for lockout

noun

  1. the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer's terms.

Origin of lockout

First recorded in 1850-55; noun use of verb phrase lock out

Examples for lockout

And a shocking number of people spend the night in hotels, so [the lockout] is really a big impact for those businesses.

Local businesses that rely on the traffic generated by hockey games are feeling the effects of the lockout.

Matters escalated from there, with threats of a strike and a lockout making headlines throughout the summer.

That figure represents the serious cut that the players took to settle the 2011 lockout, when it was slashed from 57 percent.

This lockout is the turning point in the history of trade unionism in England.

The action of these bodies broke the lockout, which was of but brief existence.

No more were they worried by slack times, strike and lockout, and the union label.

Promptly he imposed a lockout on his rebellious progeny and erring spouse.

The lockout may not put a crimp in the day of the typical sports fan.

The strike was made inoperative for the time being by the lockout of the employers.

Word Value for lockout
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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