Work-in-progress
noun
1.
(accounting) the value of work begun but not completed, as shown in a profit-and-loss account
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- Work-life balance
noun the achievement of equality between time spent working and one’s personal life
- Work like a beaver
Also, work like a dog or horse or Trojan . Work very energetically and hard, as in She worked like a beaver to clean out all the closets , or I’ve been working like a dog weeding the garden , or He’s very strong and works like a horse . The first of these similes […]
- Work like a charm
work it work like a charm Function very well, have a good effect or outcome, as in That knife-sharpener works like a charm, or Her deferential manner worked like a charm; he agreed to everything they’d asked for. This expression uses charm in the sense of “a magic spell.” [ Mid-1800s ]
- Workload
noun 1. the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform. noun 1. the amount of work to be done, esp in a specified period by a person, machine, etc