lockout

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. The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc. · It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.
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. · a locksmith who is willing to deal with emergency lockouts
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. · lockout–tagout
8. The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".

Plural lockouts