state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

coaching, coaching job - the job of a professional coach

booking, engagement - employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"

sailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailor

workload - work that a person is expected to do in a specified time

piecework - work paid for according to the quantity produced

job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

service - employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service"

telecommuting, teleworking - employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem

services - performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others; "the mayor tried to maintain city services"; "the medical services are excellent"

public service - employment within a government system (especially in the civil service)

paper route - the job of delivering newspapers regularly

action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

shape-up - a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired

call-back - the recall of an employee after a layoff

booking, reservation - the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking"

activity - any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity"

practice - the exercise of a profession; "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired"

play - utilization or exercise; "the play of the imagination"

misuse, abuse - improper or excessive use

exploitation, development - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"

recycling - the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

practical application, application - the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"