Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

О full-time/part-time/permanent/regular/temporary work ♦ paid/unpaid/voluntary work * badly paid/ well-paid work ♦ to find/get/look for/seek work * to give up/go back to/return to/start work

[u] (used without the) the place where you do your job: I go to work at 8 a.m. о She had to leave work early today, о The new legislation concerns health and safety at work.

О to go to/leave work ♦ (be) at/off work

[U] the duties that you have and the activitiesthat you do as part of your job: The accountant described his work to the sales staff, о Do you enjoy your work? о Power-plant work is hard, dangerous and often boring, о Who handles the day-to-day work

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of the departments What time do you finish wotk today?

О administrative/clerical/factory/office/secretarial work ♦ to do/produce/take on/undertake work ♦ to begin/finish/start/stop work

[u] tasks that need to be done: I have some work for you to do. о Pressure of work forced him to cancel his trip, о We have a lot of work on at the moment. О to take on/do/have/undertake work

Lu] materials needed or used for doing work, especially books, papers, etc: She often brings work home with her.

[u] activity that uses physical strength or mentalpower in order to do or make sth: She got her promotion through sheer hard work, о We started work on the project two years ago.

О to carry out/put in work ♦ to complete/halt/start/ stop work

[u] a thing or things that are produced as aresult of work: She did her best work before she was 30. о His work is always faultless, о The analysis is an impressive piece of work.

О bad/good/innovative/major/outstanding work

[и] the result of an action; what is done by sb: The report was the work of the company's production manager.

works[pi.] (often used with other nouns) activitiesinvolving building or repairing sth: engineering works о roadworks

works [C with sing./pl. verb] {plural works) (often used with other noun$ a place where things are made or industrial processes are carried out: an engineering works о waterworks See note at factory

a cement/chemical/gas/steel works ♦ to open/close (down)Zshut down a works ♦ the works close (down)Zopen ♦ the works canteen/foreman/ manager/supervisor

the works [pi.] (informal) the moving parts of a machine, etc. Isyni mechanism

ГГЛ71 at 'work (on sth) busy doing sth: Everybody is hard at work on the new project, get (down) to/set to 'work to begin; to make a start in the 'works something that is in the works is being discussed, planned or prepared and will happen or exist soon idioms at dirty, job noun, light

workahol'c /'w3:ka'hDlik; AmE'w3:rka'ho:lik; -'ha:l-/ noun [C] (informal)

a person who works very hard and finds it difficult to stop working and do other things

workday /'w3:kdei; AmE 'w3:rk-/ = working day

★ worker /'W3:ka(r); AmE 'w3:rk-/ noun [C]

see also: assembly worker, co-~, contract guest inside knowledge mobile etc.

.worker di rector noun [c] (HR) an employee who has a place on the board of directors (= the group of people who decide the policies of the company) to represent the ordinary workers

.worker participation = employee

participation

.workers* cooperative = cooperative

'workex.perience noun [u]