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• labour-intensive — ˌlabour inˈtensive , labor intensive adjective COMMERCE MANUFACTURING needing a lot of workers in order to produce something: • The company was using old, labour intensive production methods. • Whereas goods production can be automated, the… …   Financial and business terms

• labour-intensive — adj BrE labor intensive AmE an industry or type of work that is labour intensive needs a lot of workers →↑capital intensive ▪ labour intensive farming methods …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• intensive — in|ten|sive [ınˈtensıv] adj 1.) involving a lot of activity, effort, or careful attention in a short period of time ▪ a one week intensive course in English ▪ a day of intensive negotiations 2.) intensive farming/agriculture farming which… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Intensive farming — or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by the high inputs of capital, fertilizers, labour, or labour saving technologies such as pesticides relative to land area. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9042533… …   Wikipedia

• labour-intensive industry — ➔ industry …   Financial and business terms

• Intensive stage — Intensive stage, or by its full name, predominantly intensive stage of accumulation pertains to one of the periodizations of capitalism, as proposed by Aglietta (1976). It is the second stage of capitalism: when the extensive stage becomes… …   Wikipedia

• intensive agriculture — ➔ agriculture * * * intensive agriculture UK US noun [U] (also intensive farming) ENVIRONMENT ► farming that uses a lot of machinery, labour, chemicals, etc. in order to grow as many crops or keep as many animals as possible on the amount of land …   Financial and business terms

• labour-intensive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ needing a large workforce or a large amount of work in relation to output …   English terms dictionary

• intensive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) very thorough or vigorous. 2) (of agriculture) aiming to achieve maximum production within a limited area. 3) (in combination ) concentrating on or making much use of something: labour intensive methods. DERIVATIVES intensively… …   English terms dictionary

• labour-intensive — adjective requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital cottage industries are labor intensive • Syn: ↑labor intensive • Similar to: ↑effortful * * * laˈbour intensˈive adjective Requiring a relatively large number of workers for… …   Useful english dictionary

• intensive agriculture —       in agricultural economics, system of cultivation using large amounts of labour and capital relative to land area. Large amounts of labour and capital are necessary to the application of fertilizer, insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides… …   Universalium