Work Place Vocabulary

to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving

• retire

• dismiss

• resign

• sack

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

money that is earned in trade or business after paying the cost of producing and selling goods and services

• benefits

• perks

• profits

• salary

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

to lose your job because your employer has told you there is not enough work

• resign

• be fired

• be sacked

• be made redundant

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

extra time that you work after your usual working hours

• overtime

• full-time

• part-time

• more time

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong

• resign

• dismiss

• quit

• abandon

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

one of a group of people who work together

• partner

• companion

• colleague

• trainee

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

a particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee

• salary

• perks

• bonus

• wage

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

paid too little for the work you do

• poorly-paid

• underpaid

• below-paid

• high-paid

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a person who works a lot of time and find it difficult not to work

• workaholic

• workaddicted

• workable

• workaddic

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

the amount of money that someone is paid for working

• money

• profits

• benefits

• earnings

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4