lockout

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See also: lock-out and lock out

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Etymology

Deverbal from lock out.

Noun

lockout (plural lockouts)

  1. (labour) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
    Antonyms: strike, walkout, industrial peace, industrial action, labor action, labour action
  2. The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
  3. (by extension) The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
    Antonym: lock-in
    It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.
  4. The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.
  5. The situation of being locked out of a building.
    a locksmith who is willing to deal with emergency lockouts
  6. (computing) A situation where the system is not responding to input.
  7. (industrial operations) A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation; a safety device to keep the power supply turned off during repairs; the standardized practice and method whereby such devices are deployed.
    Coordinate term: tagout
    lockout–tagout
  8. (weightlifting) The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
  9. (weightlifting) An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.

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