vocab

Question 1

a person or organisation that pays workers to work for them

Answer 1

employer (n)

Question 2

s.o who is paid regularly to work for a person or organisation

Answer 2

employee (n)

Question 3

the people who work for a particular company, organisation or institution

Answer 3

staff (n)

Question 4

work that you do regularly to earn money

Answer 4

job (n)

Question 5

a job that you are paid to do

Answer 5

work (n)

Question 6

a job or profession that you work at for some time

Answer 6

career (n)

Question 7

to receive money for work that you do

Answer 7

earn (v)

Question 8

to get sth as a prize for defeating other people or because you are lucky

Answer 8

win (v)

Question 9

to get more of sth, usually as a result of a gradual process

Answer 9

gain (v)

Question 10

an increase in the amount that you are paid for work

Answer 10

raise (n)

Question 11

an increase in size, amount, quality or strength

Answer 11

rise (n)

Question 12

a regular amount of money that you earn for working

Answer 12

wage(s) (n)

Question 13

a fixed amount of money that you earn each month or year from your job

Answer 13

salary (n)

Question 14

money that you receive for doing your job

Answer 14

pay (n)

Question 15

to travel regularly to and from work

Answer 15

commute (v)

Question 16

to take sth such as goods or letters to a place and give them to s.o

Answer 16

deliver (v)

Question 17

to stop working permanently, especially when you are old

Answer 17

retire (v)

Question 18

to state formally that you are leaving your job

Answer 18

resign (v)

Question 19

to make s.o leave their job as punishment

Answer 19

fire (v)

Question 20

to force s.o to leave their job

Answer 20

sack (v)

Question 21

people have been told that they must leave their job because they are no longer needed

Answer 21

make redundant (phr)

Question 22

extra hours that s.o work at their job, or money that is paid for working extra hours

Answer 22

overtime (n)

Question 23

a move to a job at a higher level

Answer 23

promotion (n)

Question 24

an amount of money that s.o receives regularly when they no longer work because of their age or because they are ill

Answer 24

pension (n)

Question 25

an organisation that sells services or goods

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company (n)

Question 26

a business, or a company

Answer 26

firm (n)

Question 27

an organisation that buys or sells products or services

Answer 27

business (n)

Question 28

an organisation that represents the workers in a particular industry

Answer 28

union (n)

Question 29

an organisation that gives money and help to people who need it

Answer 29

charity (n)