lockout

Meaning

1. The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
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. (broadly) The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
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.
6. A situation where the system is not responding to input.
7. 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.
8. The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
9. An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.

Opposite of

strike#Noun, walkout#Noun, industrial peace, industrial action, labor action, labour action, lock-in

Synonyms

shutdown

closing

closure

blocking

protection

downer

escapement

inaction

interlock

lock-out

lockup

occlusion

protect

lock facility

safeguard

shield

🛡️

conservancy

shut out

shutting down

stoppage

unsociable

work stoppage

stop work

laying off

stoppage of work

deadlock

Translations

Aussperrung

lokavt

ανταπεργία

lock-out

cierre patronal

lockout

locaut

serrata

Sperre

grève patronale

greve de patrões

Schließung

lock-out

congé collectif

Etymology

Deverbal from lock out.