DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

Synonyms:

Department of Labor; DoL; Labor; Labor Department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Department of Labor" is a kind of...):

executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Department of Labor"):

Occupational Safety and Health Administration; OSHA (a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment)

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