Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
LOCKOUT
lockout
(noun) a management action resisting employee’s demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lockout (plural lockouts)
The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
(by extension) The exclusion of others from a certain place or situation.
(computing) A situation where the system is not responding to input.
A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation.
(weightlifting) The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
(weightlifting) An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.
Antonyms
• (denial of work): strike; industrial peace
Source: Wiktionary
Lock"out`, n.
Definition: The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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