Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lockout"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lockout
n : a management action resisting employee's demands; employees
are barred from entering the workplace until they agree
to terms
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