vocab Flashcards
(29 cards)
a person or organisation that pays workers to work for them
employer (n)
s.o who is paid regularly to work for a person or organisation
employee (n)
the people who work for a particular company, organisation or institution
staff (n)
work that you do regularly to earn money
job (n)
a job that you are paid to do
work (n)
a job or profession that you work at for some time
career (n)
to receive money for work that you do
earn (v)
to get sth as a prize for defeating other people or because you are lucky
win (v)
to get more of sth, usually as a result of a gradual process
gain (v)
an increase in the amount that you are paid for work
raise (n)
an increase in size, amount, quality or strength
rise (n)
a regular amount of money that you earn for working
wage(s) (n)
a fixed amount of money that you earn each month or year from your job
salary (n)
money that you receive for doing your job
pay (n)
to travel regularly to and from work
commute (v)
to take sth such as goods or letters to a place and give them to s.o
deliver (v)
to stop working permanently, especially when you are old
retire (v)
to state formally that you are leaving your job
resign (v)
to make s.o leave their job as punishment
fire (v)
to force s.o to leave their job
sack (v)
people have been told that they must leave their job because they are no longer needed
make redundant (phr)
extra hours that s.o work at their job, or money that is paid for working extra hours
overtime (n)
a move to a job at a higher level
promotion (n)
an amount of money that s.o receives regularly when they no longer work because of their age or because they are ill
pension (n)
