working.html - {n.}, {slang} 1. ({vulgar}, {avoidable}) A prostitute. * /I didn't know Roxanne was a working girl./ 2. A girl, usually single, who supports herself by working in an honest job, such as in an office, etc. * /The average working girl can't afford such a fancy car./

working.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 engaged in work, esp. in manual or industrial labour.
2 functioning or able to function.

--n.

1 the activity of work.
2 the act or manner of functioning of a thing.
3 a a mine or quarry. b the part of this in which work is being or has been done (a disused working).

working capital the capital actually used in a business. working class the class of people who are employed for wages, esp. in manual or industrial work. working-class adj. of the working class. working day esp. Brit.
1 a workday.
2 the part of the day devoted to work. working drawing a drawing to scale, serving as a guide for construction or manufacture. working hours hours normally devoted to work. working hypothesis a hypothesis used as a basis for action. working knowledge knowledge adequate to work with. working lunch etc. a meal at which business is conducted. working order the condition in which a machine works (satisfactorily or as specified). working-out 1 the calculation of results.
2 the elaboration of details. working party a group of people appointed to study a particular problem or advise on some question.

working.html - {n.}, {slang} 1. ({vulgar}, {avoidable}) A prostitute. * /I didn't know Roxanne was a working girl./ 2. A girl, usually single, who supports herself by working in an honest job, such as in an office, etc. * /The average working girl can't afford such a fancy car./

working.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 engaged in work, esp. in manual or industrial labour.
2 functioning or able to function.

--n.

1 the activity of work.
2 the act or manner of functioning of a thing.
3 a a mine or quarry. b the part of this in which work is being or has been done (a disused working).

working capital the capital actually used in a business. working class the class of people who are employed for wages, esp. in manual or industrial work. working-class adj. of the working class. working day esp. Brit.
1 a workday.
2 the part of the day devoted to work. working drawing a drawing to scale, serving as a guide for construction or manufacture. working hours hours normally devoted to work. working hypothesis a hypothesis used as a basis for action. working knowledge knowledge adequate to work with. working lunch etc. a meal at which business is conducted. working order the condition in which a machine works (satisfactorily or as specified). working-out 1 the calculation of results.
2 the elaboration of details. working party a group of people appointed to study a particular problem or advise on some question.

working.html - {v. phr.} To start being serious; begin to face a problem to be solved, or a task to be accomplished. * /Gentlemen, I'm afraid the party is over and we must get down to business./

working.html - See: ALL IN A DAY'S WORK, ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY, AT WORK, BUSY WORK, IN THE WORKS, MAKE SHORT WORK OF, MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK, SHOOT THE WORKS, THE WORKS, IN THE WORKS.