Labour DayLabor Dayn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪbə ˌdeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈleɪbər ˌdeɪ/

Forms: see labour n. and day n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: labour n., day n.

Etymology: < labour n. + day n.In sense 2 with reference to Russia and the Soviet Union after Russian trudoden′ (1930; < trud labour + -o- -o- connective + den′ day); with reference to China after Chinese láodòng rì ( < láodòng labour ( < láo work + dòng to move, to act) + rì day, probably after Russian).

1. A day dedicated to working people and in some countries (as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) celebrated as a public holiday.In the United States and Canada, Labour Day is the first Monday of September.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year

Candlemas1014

May Day1267

All Souls' Dayc1300

midsummer evena1400

firstc1400

Beltane1424

midsummer eve1426

quarter day1435

Beltane1456

mid-Sundaya1475

madding-day1568

Lord Mayor's day1591

Barnaby bright1595

Lammas-eve1597

All Saints' Night1607

Handsel Monday1635

distaff's day1648

long Barnabya1657

St. Valentine's eve1671

leet-day1690

All Fools' Day1702

Boxing Day1743

April Fool's Day1748

Royal Oak Day1759

box day1765

Oak-apple Day1802

All Souls' Eve1805

mischief night1830

Shick-shack Day1847

chalk-back day1851

call night1864

Nut-Monday1867

Arbor Day1872

April Fool's1873

Labour Day1884

Martinmas Sunday1885

call day1886

Samhain1888

Juneteenth1890

Mother's Day1890

Father's Day1908

Thinking Day1927

Punkie night1931

Tweede Nuwejaar1947

1884 Prohibitionist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 5 June Labor Day came on the first Monday in September.

1886 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. 8/1 (heading) How Labor Day was observed by all classes of workmen.

1910 NZ Statutes No.71 363 (Public Holidays Act) Where in any Act..reference is made..To Labour Day, such reference shall hereinafter be deemed to be to the fourth Monday in October, and not to the second Wednesday in October.

1963 Times 26 Feb. 9/1 The city's [sc. Melbourne's] big retail stores invented this affair, which has taken over the traditional public holiday called Labour Day, now in any case a quaint anachronism in a country of trade union strength.

2003 D. Farmer Don't put Lipstick on Cat! 121 But let's face it, to mothers of school aged children Labor Day means only one thing: the end of summer vacation.

2. With lower-case initials. In the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China: a notional unit of labour on the basis of which workers on collective farms are reimbursed, derived from the quantity and quality of work completed. Now chiefly historical.

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society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > unit of work for calculating pay

Labour Day1930

work point1956

1930 Economist 1 Nov. (Russ. Suppl.) 17/2 In general, work is organised and paid for on a five-grade tariff, the basis of which is a 10-hour ‘labour day’.

1975 A. Watson Living in China iii. 76 Once a peasant's work-points have been settled, they are added up and converted into labour days at the rate of 10 points per day... The peasants are then paid according to the number of labour days they have worked during the year.

1995 J. L. H. Keep Last of Empires i. 16 Kolkhozniki were remunerated for their obligatory work in the collective fields..in cash and/or kind, according to the number of ‘labour days’ (trudodni) each household had worked.

Compounds

Labour Day Weekend n. the long weekend preceding and including the public holiday Labour Day.

ΚΠ

1906 N.Y. Times 4 Sept. 9/3 Prof. Bander Matthews is spending the Labor Day week-end here.

1929 Tararua Tramper Nov. 1 It was not until the recent Labour Day week-end that an official Club trip..was made.

1979 Maclean's 17 Sept. 36/1 The largest sailboarding regatta ever in North America was held Labor Day weekend on Clear Lake, just north of Peterborough, Ontario.

2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 193 Base camp at Mount Everest, during peak season, resembles Yosemite on Labor Day weekend.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	labour day
释义	Labour DayLabor Dayn. Brit. /ˈleɪbə ˌdeɪ/, U.S. /ˈleɪbər ˌdeɪ/ Forms: see labour n. and day n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: labour n., day n. Etymology: < labour n. + day n.In sense 2 with reference to Russia and the Soviet Union after Russian trudoden′ (1930; < trud labour + -o- -o- connective + den′ day); with reference to China after Chinese láodòng rì ( < láodòng labour ( < láo work + dòng to move, to act) + rì day, probably after Russian). 1. A day dedicated to working people and in some countries (as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) celebrated as a public holiday.In the United States and Canada, Labour Day is the first Monday of September. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 1884 Prohibitionist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 5 June Labor Day came on the first Monday in September. 1886 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. 8/1 (heading) How Labor Day was observed by all classes of workmen. 1910 NZ Statutes No.71 363 (Public Holidays Act) Where in any Act..reference is made..To Labour Day, such reference shall hereinafter be deemed to be to the fourth Monday in October, and not to the second Wednesday in October. 1963 Times 26 Feb. 9/1 The city's [sc. Melbourne's] big retail stores invented this affair, which has taken over the traditional public holiday called Labour Day, now in any case a quaint anachronism in a country of trade union strength. 2003 D. Farmer Don't put Lipstick on Cat! 121 But let's face it, to mothers of school aged children Labor Day means only one thing: the end of summer vacation. 2. With lower-case initials. In the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China: a notional unit of labour on the basis of which workers on collective farms are reimbursed, derived from the quantity and quality of work completed. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > unit of work for calculating pay Labour Day1930 work point1956 1930 Economist 1 Nov. (Russ. Suppl.) 17/2 In general, work is organised and paid for on a five-grade tariff, the basis of which is a 10-hour ‘labour day’. 1975 A. Watson Living in China iii. 76 Once a peasant's work-points have been settled, they are added up and converted into labour days at the rate of 10 points per day... The peasants are then paid according to the number of labour days they have worked during the year. 1995 J. L. H. Keep Last of Empires i. 16 Kolkhozniki were remunerated for their obligatory work in the collective fields..in cash and/or kind, according to the number of ‘labour days’ (trudodni) each household had worked. Compounds Labour Day Weekend n. the long weekend preceding and including the public holiday Labour Day. ΚΠ 1906 N.Y. Times 4 Sept. 9/3 Prof. Bander Matthews is spending the Labor Day week-end here. 1929 Tararua Tramper Nov. 1 It was not until the recent Labour Day week-end that an official Club trip..was made. 1979 Maclean's 17 Sept. 36/1 The largest sailboarding regatta ever in North America was held Labor Day weekend on Clear Lake, just north of Peterborough, Ontario. 2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 193 Base camp at Mount Everest, during peak season, resembles Yosemite on Labor Day weekend. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884
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