unpaid labour

Frequency: 6.88.2 per million words

Work done without receiving payment, such as housework or volunteering.

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Examples (10)

  • Much of the world's economy relies on the unpaid labour of women in the home.
  • Volunteering at the animal shelter is a form of unpaid labour that I find very rewarding.
  • Caring for elderly relatives often involves a significant amount of unpaid labour.
  • Economists are debating how to properly value unpaid labour in national accounts.
  • Many young people are forced to do months of unpaid labour just to get a foot in the door of their chosen career.
  • Historically, the contribution of unpaid labour has been largely invisible and unacknowledged.
  • He contributed years of unpaid labour to help build his family's business from the ground up.
  • The lawsuit questioned the legality of expecting interns to perform so much unpaid labour.
  • The community garden thrives on the unpaid labour of local residents.
  • The heavy burden of unpaid labour can be a major barrier to women's economic empowerment.