| Word
| Definition
| Examples
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| Job
| what you do regularly to earn money, especially what you do for particular company or person.
| My first job was helping in a pet shop.
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| A full-time
| job is a job that you do for at least the same number of hours a week as people usually work.
| A full-time bookkeeper.
He works full-time for the council.
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| A part-time
| job is a job that you do
for fewer hours a week
than people usually work.
| A part-time bartender.
I teach part-time now.
|
| Work
| Something that
you do to earn money, or the
place where you go to do it.
| I've got a lot of work on at the moment.
Dan's at work.
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| Career
| the jobs someone does over
a period of time that involve a particular type of work.
| a long career in the civil service,
a medical career.
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| Profession
| a type of job that you need
a lot of education or special training to do, or all the people who do a particular job like this.
| I'm a doctor by profession.
the legal profession.
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| Occupation
| (formal) your usual job
| What is your current occupation and salary?
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| Post
| a particular job within a company or organization, especially a job with some responsibility.
| She applied for the post of Senior Marketing Manager at Cadburry Shweppes.
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| Position
| a particular job: used especially in advertisements foe available jobs.
| a vacancy for the position of night watchman.
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