εργασία — meaning in English

English meaning

• employment noun A paid job or work that someone does regularly.
• job noun A paid position of regular employment.
• labour noun Hard physical or mental effort put into a task; work.
• lesson noun A single period of teaching, or a fixed unit within a course of study.
• task noun A specific piece of work that needs to be done.
• work noun A job or occupation; the activity someone does to earn a living.

Senses

εργασία is used for these senses in English:

• employment The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
• job A task.
• job An economic role for which a person is paid.
• job (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
• labour (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
• lesson A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
• work Labour, occupation, job.

employment — full definition

1. noun A paid job or work that someone does regularly.
2. noun The state or condition of having a paid job.

job — full definition

1. noun A paid position of regular employment.
2. noun A particular task or piece of work to be done.
3. noun Informal for a robbery or heist.
4. noun A corrupt or self-serving act carried out under the appearance of official duty.
5. verb To work irregularly, taking on individual pieces of paid work.

Related Greek words