Associations to the word «Lockout»

Wiktionary

LOCKOUT, noun. The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
LOCKOUT, noun. The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
LOCKOUT, noun. (computing) A situation where the system is not responding to input.

Dictionary definition

LOCKOUT, noun. A management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.