productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome |
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit |
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits |
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement | |
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | |