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Home Dictionary Name: down and outLock out
Lock out, in the case of a lock-out, the industry as such is not closed down even temporarily; only particular workers re refused work. Closing down a business even temporarilyis distinct and different from a lock-out, Indian Metal and Metallurgical Corporation v. Industrial Tribunal, AIR 1953 Mad 98.The word 'lock-out', as stated in the Presidency Jute Co's case [(1952) Lab AC 62], in its dictionary sense means refusal on the part of an employer to furnish to his operatives except on conditions to be accepted by the latter collectively, Feroz Din v. State of West Bengal AIR 1960 SC 363 (367): (1960) 2 SCR 319. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947)]It means the temporary closing of a place of employment, or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ and number of persons employed by him. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), s. 2 (l)...
knock down and drag out
marked by extreme violence of fights also used metaphorically of fierce contests as a knock down and drag out fight a knockdown dragout competition for the browser market...
Detrude
To thrust down or out to push down with force...
write down
write down wrote down writ·ten down writ·ing down : to reduce the book value of (an asset) [write down accounts receivable] write-down [rīt-dan] n ...
come down
come down came down coming down : to be announced [the decision came down from the Supreme Court] ...
Delapsion
A falling down or out of place prolapsion...
down and out
impoverished usually implying a state of dejection as well...
strike down
strike down : annul nullify [the trustee…can strike down transfers "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] ;esp : to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable [the court struck down death penalty provisions "L. H. Tribe"] ...
Completely knocked down condition
Completely knocked down condition, The words 'completely knocked down condition' in the entry are not used in any technical sense, and therefore, must, be given their ordinary dictionary meaning, i.e., 'made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation; in parts ready to be assembled.' (See Webster's New International Dictionary, Volume II, p. 1371 and also Words and Phrases, Permanent Addition, Volume 23, p. 560), Union of India v. Tarachand Gupta and Bros., (1971) 1 SCC 486: AIR 1971 SC 1558 (1562): (1971) 3 SCR 557. [Import and Export (Control) Order, Entry 295]...
buy down
buy down the seller pays an amount to the lender so the lender provides a lower rate and lower payments many times for an ARM. The seller may increase the sales price to cover the cost of the buy down. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
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