Italian-English Dictionary

Labour, occupation, job.

(physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.

Specifically, the labor of childbirth. [from 13th c.]

Effort expended on a particular task.

(countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.

An economic role for which a person is paid.

Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.

(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

A task.

(computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).

(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.

The place where one is employed.

A post of employment; a job.

(uncountable, often, in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.

A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.