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Meaning of lock-out

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

lock-out

noun

Definitions

  1. The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

  2. The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.

  3. (by extension) The exclusion of others from a certain place or situation.

    Example: It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.

  4. A situation where the system is not responding to input.