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Workforce
//ˈwɝk.foɹs// noun
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Noun
- 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 the force of workers available wordnet
- 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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