Labour
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To toil, to work. To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour. A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour. The act of a mother giving birth The time period during which a mother gives birth.
Example sentence: The industrial revolution allowed us, for the first time, to start replacing human labour with machines.
Labor
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labor movement, organised labor.The act of a mother giving birth.The time period during which a mother gives birth.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: spelling of labour; see British/commonwealth entry for definitions, etymology, pronunciation, translations, etc.
Example sentence: It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.