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LABOR OF LOVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does labor of love mean?
• LABOR OF LOVE (noun)
The noun LABOR OF LOVE has 1 sense:
1. productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation
Familiarity information: LABOR OF LOVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
labor of love; labour of love
Hypernyms ("labor of love" is a kind of...):
labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)
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