EIGHT-HOUR LAW

Meaning of EIGHT-HOUR LAW in English

noun

: a law fixing the working day for specified employments at eight hours frequently coupled with a provision for time and one-half compensation for hours worked after eight hours

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

LAW — I Discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct that are recognized as binding by the …
Английский словарь Британика
LAW — I. ˈlȯ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect), from Old English hlāw, hlǣw; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EIGHT — I. ˈāt, usu ˈād.+V adjective Etymology: Middle English eighte, from Old English eahta; akin to Old High German ahto eight, …
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HOUR
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EIGHT — (n.) A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.
Английский словарь Webster
EIGHT — (n.) The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
EIGHT — (a.) Seven and one; as, eight years.
Английский словарь Webster
EIGHT — ( n. ) The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EIGHT — ( n. ) A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EIGHT — ( a. ) Seven and one; as, eight years.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAW — law 1 — lawlike , adj. /law/ , n. 1. the principles and regulations established in a community by some …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOUR — — hourless , adj. /oweur, ow"euhr/ , n. 1. a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EIGHT — /ayt/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, seven plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 8 or VIII. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOUR — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ure, eure, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin hora canonical hour, from Latin, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EIGHT — noun Etymology: Middle English eighte, from eighte, adjective, from Old English eahta; akin to Old High German ahto eight, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOUR — noun a measure of distance traveled. 2. hour ·noun the twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes. 3. hour ·noun …
Webster English vocab
EIGHT — adj seven and one; as, eight years. 2. eight ·noun a symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii. 3. …
Webster English vocab
HOUR — [hour] n [ME, fr. OF heure, fr. LL & L; LL hora canonical hour, fr. L, hour of the day, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EIGHT — [eight] n [ME eighte, fr. eighte, adj., fr. OE eahta; akin to OHG ahto eight, L octo, Gk okto] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAW — the discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct of a community that are recognized as …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOUR — in timekeeping, 3,600 seconds, now defined in terms of radiation emitted from atoms of the element cesium under specified conditions. …
Britannica English vocabulary
EIGHT — eight BrE AmE eɪt ▷ eights eɪts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAW — / lɔː; NAmE / noun SYSTEM OF RULES 1. (also the law ) [ U ] the whole system of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOUR — / ˈaʊə(r); NAmE / noun HELP NOTE : Use an , not a , before hour . 1. [ C …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EIGHT — / eɪt; NAmE / 1. number 8 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the …
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LAW
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOUR — hour S1 W1 /aʊə $ aʊr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: heure …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EIGHT — eight /eɪt/ BrE AmE number , noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eahta ] 1 . the number 8: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAW — n. 1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOUR — n. 1 a twenty-fourth part of a day and night, 60 minutes. 2 a time of day, a point in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EIGHT — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than seven, or two less than ten; the product of two units and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAW — n. 1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOUR — n. 1 a twenty-fourth part of a day and night, 60 minutes. 2 a time of day, a point in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EIGHT — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than seven, or two less than ten; the product of two units and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAW — n.1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and enforced …
Oxford English vocab
HOUR — n.1 a twenty-fourth part of a day and night, 60 minutes. 2 a time of day, a point in time …
Oxford English vocab
EIGHT — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than seven, or two less than ten; the product of two units and …
Oxford English vocab
LAW — ( laws) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The law is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOUR — ( hours) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. An hour is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EIGHT — ( eights) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Eight is the number 8. …
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EIGHT — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Eight is the number 8. So …
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LAW
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOUR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 24 hours a day (= during the whole day and night ) ▪ In Cairo, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EIGHT — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a clock strikes eight/nine etc (= makes eight/nine etc sounds according to the hour ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOUR — [noun] [C] - a period of 60 minutesThe exam lasted an hour/three hours/half an hour/a quarter of an hour/an hour …
Cambridge English vocab
EIGHT — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 8six, seven, eight, nine, ten"How many people are coming to dinner?" "Eight (people)."Is that …
Cambridge English vocab
LAW — n. administrative law Ampère's law Anglo Saxon law Anti Corn Law League antitrust law associative law Avogadro's law blue law …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LAW — n. Discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct that are recognized as binding by the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOUR — noun 1 period of sixty minutes ADJECTIVE ▪ full , solid ▪ I slept for eight solid ~s. ▪ contact …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LAW — INDEX: 1. an official rule that everyone must obey 2. the whole system of laws of a country or place …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAW — I сущ. 1) а) закон (регулирующий, предписывающий акт) according to the law ≈ по закону to administer, apply, enforce a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOUR — сущ. 1) час to show, tell the hour ≈ показывать время a solid hour ≈ целый час an ungodly hour …
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EIGHT — 1. числ. колич. восемь 2. сущ. 1) множество из восьми предметов а) восьмерка б) восемь, восьмеро in eights 2) (the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAW — law.ogg 1. lɔ: n 1. закон law enforcement - обеспечение правопорядка см. тж. law-enforcement law digest - сборник законов или …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOUR — hour.ogg ʹaʋə n 1. час twenty-four hours - сутки, 24 часа at the hour of seven - в семь часов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EIGHT — eight.ogg 1. eıt n 1> восьмёрка ( цифра ; тж. figure of eight) 2> карт. восьмёрка eight of spades - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAW — 1) закон; правило; принцип 2) формула 3) теорема 4) право • - air law - A-law - Ampere's circuital law …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
HOUR — час - actinometric hour - actual hours - block hour - busy hours - climatological hour - crush hours - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
EIGHT — восьмёрка ( 1. возд. фигура высшего пилотажа 2. авто восьмицилиндровый двигатель 3. одежда восьмого размера ) - straight eight
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LAW — 1) закон; правило; принцип 2) формула 3) теорема 4) право • - air law - A-law - Ampere's circuital law - Ampere's law - antipollution law - antismoke law - associative …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
HOUR — час - actinometric hour - actual hours - block hour - busy hours - climatological hour - crush hours - heavy hours - hour of observation - inverse hour - …
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LAW
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LAW — I law сущ.1) а) закон (регулирующий, предписывающий акт) according to the law — по закону to administer, apply, enforce a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LAW — 1. lɔ: n 1. закон law enforcement - обеспечение правопорядка см. тж. law-enforcement law digest - сборник законов или судебных …
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