work (noun)

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• work — ► NOUN 1) activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result. 2) such activity as a means of earning income. 3) a task or tasks to be undertaken. 4) a thing or things done or made; the result of an action. 5) (works)… …   English terms dictionary

• work — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 effort/product of effort ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ▪ It s hard work trying to get him to do a few things for himself. ▪ It doesn t require skill it s a matter of sheer hard work. ▪ arduous, back breakin …   Collocations dictionary

• WORK — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index work noun drudge, effort, employee, employer, employment (2), labor, laborer, mission, practice (2), project …   English dictionary for students

• work-to-rule — ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ noun chiefly Britain : the practice of working according to the strictest interpretation of the rules so as to slow down production and force employers to comply with demands • work to rule intransitive verb, chiefly Britain * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• work camp — noun a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projects (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑prison camp, ↑prison farm • Hypernyms: ↑camp * * * noun : a camp for workers: as …   Useful english dictionary

• work release — noun : a corrections program that releases prisoners daily to work at full time jobs * * * noun [noncount] US : the practice of allowing a prisoner to work outside of the prison during the day a work release program prisoners on work release * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• work-to-rule — ˌwork to ˈrule , ˌwork to ˈcontract noun [singular] HUMAN RESOURCES an occasion when people protest about a situation at work by doing their job less quickly or effectively, but without breaking their employer s rules or the terms of their… …   Financial and business terms

• work to rule — noun a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace • Hypernyms: ↑job action * * * work to rule (of workers) to observe all the regulations scrupulously for the express… …   Useful english dictionary

• work-life balance — ˌwork ˈlife ˌbalance noun [uncountable] a situation in which you are able to give the right amount of time and effort to your work and to your personal life outside work, for example to your family or to other interests: • You can t have a proper …   Financial and business terms

• work overload — ˌwork ˈoverload noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES the state of having too much work to do: • Reasons for lawyer stress and dissatisfaction vary, but several of them are concerns in other professions too, such as time pressures and work overload …   Financial and business terms

• work-study — ˈwork ˌstudy adjective [only before a noun] HUMAN RESOURCES relating to a system by which people can work part of the time while they are studying: • He worked on a newspaper as part of a work study program in high school. * * * work study UK US… …   Financial and business terms