| advertising |
the act, job, or business of designing and putting out notices to the public, usually in order to sell a product or service. [1/2 definitions] |
| agency |
An agency is a company or group that helps people do things, especially things that can be difficult to do just by themselves. Agencies do things like help people find a job or help people find an apartment or buy a house. Some agencies help companies find employees to work for them. Some agencies do a special kind of work that customers don't have the skill to do themselves. [1/2 definitions] |
| agreement |
When people make an agreement, they make a plan about something together. They decide what to do and what each person's job or role will be. [1/4 definitions] |
| aide |
An aide is person whose job is to help another person. |
| amateur |
An amateur is someone who does something like a job or a sport just because they want to do it and not because they want to get paid. [1/2 definitions] |
| applicant |
a person who applies for something, such as a job. |
| application |
An application is a request to do something, especially a request for a job, or a request to get into a college or other special school, or a request for permission for something. There is usually a form people have to fill out or other things they have to write or do in order to make their application. The form that people fill out is also called an "application." [1/3 definitions] |
| appoint |
When a top person appoints someone to do a special job, they choose that person to do that job. Appointing is a kind of command from the top person, but usually the person who is appointed is willing or happy to be chosen to do the job. Also, they can usually say "no" if they want to. |
| aspire |
When you aspire to something, you have that thing as your goal. Some people aspire to getting a good a job, being famous, becoming a great athlete, helping other people, or doing something important in the world. |
| assign |
If your dad assigns you to do a job, he gives you that job to do. He has chosen you to do this job and not someone else. [1/3 definitions] |
| assignment |
an assigned task, such as a job or lesson. [1/3 definitions] |
| assume |
to take on as one's own duty, job, or appearance; adopt. [1/3 definitions] |
| attorney |
a person whose job is to give legal advice and to speak for people in court; lawyer. |
| badge |
a pin, patch, or ribbon people wear to show that they belong to a group, have a particular job, or have done something special. |
| baker |
A baker is someone who bakes. Often a baker is someone whose job is baking. |
| barber |
a person whose job is to shave, trim, or style hair and beards. |
| beat |
a person's regular route on the job. [1/9 definitions] |
| bench |
the position or job of being a judge. [1/4 definitions] |
| bodyguard |
a person whose job is to protect another person or a group of people from harm. |
| boss1 |
A boss is a person who tells other people what to do at work. Sometimes a boss owns the business where people work and pays them for the job they do. [1/2 definitions] |
| builder |
A builder is someone or something that builds. People who have a job of constructing houses or other large structures are called builders. |