Workforce

//ˈwɝk.foɹs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.

    "The rail sector's ageing workforce (28% of workers are over 50 years old) means that about 15,000 people could retire from the industry by 2025."

  2. 2
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  3. 3
    The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.

    "“There is no question the US economy will get smaller as you deport a lot of the workforce,” Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said in an interview."

Etymology

From work + force.

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