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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(labour) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing..
The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike, the second was in a curious tavern, having the façade of a grocery store, where met the more subterranean triumvirate of those who would have been very glad to turn the lock-out into a strike—and the strike into a revolution.
It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.
a locksmith who is willing to deal with emergency lockouts
lockout–tagout
Tip: For Bigger Triceps, Do Heavy Lockouts
Use lockout when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lockout means (labour) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include strike, walkout, industrial peace, industrial action.
The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike, the second was in a curious tavern, having the façade of a grocery store, where met the more subterranean triumvirate of those who would have been very glad to turn the lock-out into a strike—and the strike into a revolution.
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