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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word lock outs:

General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lock outs: Collins English Dictionary
  2. lock-outs: Wordnik
  3. lock-outs, lock outs: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See lock_out as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (lock out)

verb:  (transitive) To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
verb:  (computing) To prevent from accessing a data structure.
verb:  (transitive) (industrial) To prevent (a person, including oneself) from powering up or turning on a machine when doing so would be dangerous (accomplished with objects such as padlocks or zip ties placed through the switch handle, for example)
noun:  Misspelling of lockout. [(labour) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.]
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