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11Work-life balance — The expression work life balance was first used in the late 1970s to describe the balance between an individual s work and personal life. (New Ways to Work and the Working Mother s Association in the United Kingdom). In the United States, this… …
12Work-at-home scheme — A Work at Home scheme is a get rich quick scheme in which a victim is lured by an offer to be employed at home, very often doing some simple task in a minimal amount of time with a large amount of income that far exceeds the market rate for the… …
13quit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. satisfy, requite; resign, abandon, relinquish, leave; cease, stop, desist. See payment, relinquishment, discontinuance, acquittal, resignation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cease] Syn. stop, discontinue …
14quit — v 1. stop, discontinue, desist, Archaic. surcease, end; leave off, break off, pause, intermit, suspend, rest; abate, lessen, lull, quiet down, let up, come to a halt or standstill; (of machinery) Si. conk out; (all usu. of work) Inf. call it a… …
15To strike work — Strike Strike, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck}, {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS. str[=i]can to go,… …
16knock off (work) — in. to quit work, for the day or for a break. □ What time do you knock off work? □ I knock off about five thirty …
17Peggy Sue Got Work — Infobox Television episode | Title = Pilot Series = Married... with Children Season = 1 Episode = 9 Airdate = May 31, 1987 (Fox) Production = 1.09 Writer = Ellen L. Fogle Director = Linda Day Episode List = Episode Chronology Prev = The Poker… …
18Crass quit — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …
19un|re|quit|a|ble — «UHN rih KWY tuh buhl», adjective. that cannot be requited; unreturnable: »Britain owes an unrequitable debt to the work of the famous Temporary National Economic Committee (Manchester Guardian Weekly) …
20cease work — index quit (discontinue), resign, strike (refuse to work) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
