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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lockout
noun
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▪ But the lockout, and the ensuing negotiations, produced a fait accompli that could not be undone.
▪ Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order: recalcitrant strikers faced lockouts.
▪ However, when the unions proved reluctant to make concessions, the employers would have to contemplate the possibility of a lockout.
▪ Miller still thinks the lockout is what set him back.
▪ Others specialised in local events, such as strikes, lockouts or disasters.
▪ Seven of the previous eight labour-contract renegotiations have involved either a players' strike or a lockout.
▪ The lockout was lifted months ago, and still the season started late.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lockout

Lockout \Lock"out`\, n. The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lockout

also lock-out, "act of locking out workers," 1854, from lock (v.) + out.

Wiktionary
lockout

n. 1 The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing. 2 The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock. 3 (context computing English) A situation where the system is not responding to input.

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WordNet
lockout

n. a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms

Wikipedia
Lockout

Lockout may refer to:

  • Lockout (industry), a type of work stoppage
    • Dublin Lockout, a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers 1913 - 1914.
  • Lockout (sports), lockout in sports leagues
    • MLB lockout, lockout in MLB
    • NBA lockout, lockout in NBA
    • NFL lockout, lockout in NFL
    • NHL lockout, lockout in NHL
  • Lockout (film), a 2012 science fiction action film
  • Lockout chip, a computer chip in a video game system to prevent use of unauthorized software
  • Lock-out device, part of a signaling system used on game shows
  • Regional lockout, a barrier to prevent media use outside of a specific region
  • Lockout-tagout, a procedure to prevent unsafe activation of machinery
  • A period in some hostels during which guests are disallowed from the premises
Lockout (industry)

A lockout is a temporary work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute. This is different from a strike, in which employees refuse to work. It is usually implemented by simply refusing to admit employees onto company premises, and may include actions such as changing locks and hiring security guards for the premises. Other implementations include a fine for showing up, or a simple refusal of clocking-in on the time clock. It is therefore referred to as the antithesis of strike.

Lockout (film)

Lockout (also known as MS One: Maximum Security) is a 2012 French science fiction action film directed by James Mather and Stephen Saint Leger, and written by Mather, Saint Leger, and Luc Besson. The film stars Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gilgun, Lennie James, and Peter Stormare. Lockout follows Snow (Pearce), a man framed for a crime he did not commit, who is offered his freedom in exchange for rescuing the President's daughter Emilie (Grace) from the orbital prison MS One, which has been overtaken by its inmates, led by Alex (Regan) and his psychotic brother Hydell (Gilgun).

Principal photography took place in Belgrade, Serbia. It premiered on 7 April 2012 at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, and was released on 13 April 2012 in North America and on 18 April 2012 in France.

Lockout (sports)

A Lockout can be imposed by the Major League Baseball ( MLB lockout), National Basketball Association ( NBA lockout), National Football League ( NFL lockout) or the National Hockey League ( NHL lockout) if team owners and players fail to come to an agreement about payment conditions.

Category:Sports labor disputes in the United States

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Usage examples of "lockout".

Software America sprawled on a humming grid of linkup and lockout, with display screens and logic boards of credit ratings, debt profiles.

Haymarket, class conflict and violence continued, with strikes, lockouts, blacklisting, the use of Pinkerton detectives and police to break strikes with force, and courts to break them by law.

Yuduki Maru had radar, however, and it was possible that even so small a target as that would be picked up at a range of less than ten miles, so the platoon egressed, as planned, through the after lockout compartment.

Lockouts within the control system prevented the gun crew from accidentally aiming their weapon toward the area they were defending.

We can only applaud Captain Chase’s efforts, a man who holds to his word, unlike the strikebreaking and lockout tactics in centres such as Winnipeg and Montreal, which has kept Port Ticonderoga a law-abiding town and clear of the scenes of Union riots, brutal violence and Communist-inspired bloodshed which have marred other cities with considerable destruction of property and injury as well as loss of life.

Adele ran the system architecture a third time, searching for the lockout that protected the Bremse from its own mines.