to pay sb for their work
21work */*/*/ — I UK [wɜː(r)k] / US [wɜrk] verb Word forms work : present tense I/you/we/they work he/she/it works present participle working past tense worked past participle worked 1) [intransitive] to spend time trying to achieve something, especially when… …
22work, subjective experience of — In contrast to the relatively stable ideologies which constitute a work ethic , sociology also looks at the way work is actually experienced by individuals and groups. This includes orientations to work, attitudes in the job, job motivations, and …
23pay — 1. v. & n. v.tr. (past and past part. paid) 1 (also absol.) give (a person etc.) what is due for services done, goods received, debts incurred, etc. (paid him in full; I assure you I have paid). 2 a give (a usu. specified amount) for work done, a …
24work — /wɜk / (say werk) noun 1. exertion directed to produce or accomplish something; labour; toil. 2. that on which exertion or labour is expended; something to be made or done; a task or undertaking. 3. productive or operative activity. 4. manner or… …
25work — I. noun Etymology: Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc; akin to Old High German werc work, Greek ergon, Avestan varəzem activity Date: before 12th century 1. activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform… …
26Work unit — A work unit or danwei (simplified Chinese: 单位; traditional Chinese: 單位; pinyin: dān wèi) is the name given to a place of employment in the People s Republic of China. While the term danwei remains in use today it is more properly used to refer to …
27pay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. compensate; discharge, pay off; render, offer; be profitable, yield [a profit], show a profit, be worthwhile. n. wages, salary; payment, compensation. See payment, success, offer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …
28For-profit education — (also known as the education services industry or proprietary education) refers to educational institutions operated by private, profit seeking businesses. There are two major types of for profit schools. One type is known as an educational… …
29Operation Day's Work — is a charity program based on volunteering by high school students in Sweden to honor the former Secretary General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld [1]. The concept is for the schools to allow the students to leave their high school and… …
30work — n 1 Work, labor, travail, toil, drudgery, grind are comparable when they mean effort or exertion directed to the accomplishment of an end, or an employment or activity which involves such expenditure of effort or exertion. Work is the most… …
