Work

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Work may refer to:

In physics:

• Work (physics) (mechanical work), the amount of energy transferred by a force
• Work (thermodynamics), the quantity of energy transferred from one system to another

Human labor:

• "Work", one's place of, or the act of performing employment
• Work (project management), the effort applied to produce a deliverable or accomplish a task
• Labour (economics), measure of the work done by human beings
• Wage labour, in which a worker sells their labour and an employer buys it
• Manual labour, physical work done by people
• Sex work, employment in the sex industry

In Music/Film/Media:

• "Work" (The Saturdays song), a song by British pop group The Saturdays
• The Work, band
• Work of art, a creation, such as a song or a painting
• Work (professional wrestling), a staged event
• WORK (FM), an American FM radio station licensed to serve Barre, Vermont
• "Work", a song by Bob Marley from his album Uprising
• "Work" (Kelly Rowland song), a single by Kelly Rowland
• "Work" (Jars of Clay song), a song by Jars of Clay
• "Work" (Jimmy Eat World song), a song by the rock band Jimmy Eat World
• "Work" (Ciara Song), a single by Ciara
• Work (1915 film), a 1915 silent film co-starring Edna Purviance
• Work Records (aka "WORK" or "The WORK Group"), a music label under Sony Records
• Work 1989-2002, a release by the electronic music duo Orbital
• Work (painting), by Ford Madox Brown
• Work: A Story of Experience, a novel by Louisa May Alcott

Working may refer to:

• Working (musical), a 1978 musical
• Working (TV series), a situation comedy
• Working (book), a book by Studs Terkel
• Holbrook Working, a statistician and economist

Name

• Weorc or Work (Anglo-Saxon leader). Gave name to Workington or 'Weorc-inga-tun' which means the 'tun' (settlement) of the 'Weorcingas' (the people of Weorc or Work)

[edit] See also

• Labour (disambiguation)
• The Works (disambiguation)
• Works (disambiguation)
• House work

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