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LABOR DEPARTMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
Synonyms:
Department of Labor; DoL; Labor; Labor Department
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Labor Department" is a kind of...):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Labor Department"):
Occupational Safety and Health Administration; OSHA (a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment)
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