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workforce

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noun/ˈwɝk.foɹs/[ˈwɚk.fo̞ɹs]/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/
  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.
    • But much of the federal workforce is located outside the nation’s capital, and Trump’s offer was met with confusion and skepticism in many of those offices.
  2. 2

    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.

syn. manpower · jobforce · labour force · human resources · liveware · personnel · staff · workforce · Any plural of the meronyms

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