Definition of "lockout" []

• The withholding of work from employees and closing down of a workplace by an employer during a labor dispute. Also called shutout. (noun)

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• "Once the NFLPA decertifies, the term lockout will no longer apply."
• "They took the term "lockout" rather literally at the Tennessee Titans' headquarters in Nashville, where a metal chain secured the main gate to the parking lot's front entrance, an extra bit of security normally not seen there."
• "If I don't have to hear the word lockout for a long time, I'll be happy about that."