lockout

Meaning

Noun

• The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
• The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
• The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
• 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.
• A situation where the system is not responding to input.
• A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation.
• The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
• An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.

Related

Opposite words

• strike; industrial peace

Origin

• lock + out, from the verb phrase.