Of occupations, pursuits, etc.: suitable for a person of good birth or high social rank. Also used ironically or humorously. Cf. the gentle art the ge…

Of an occupation, employment, or work: carried out in or involving the country as opposed to a town or city; pastoral, agricultural.

That does odd jobs; employed by the job; employed in odd or occasional pieces of work. Frequently (esp. in later use) depreciatively implying…

Modifying the name of a profession, etc.: concerned with or skilled in all the branches of that particular field, employment, or pursuit. Cf. univ…

That does not pay.

Employed in very hard or excessive work at very low wages; oppressively overworked and underpaid; also said of the labour so imposed or exacted.

Not fair or equitable; unjust. spec. Not paying the usual rate of wages.

Of or pertaining to the work and expenses actually incurred during production as distinct from subsidiary work and overhead charges, i.e. to prime or…

Designating a job, academic course, etc., occupying the lowest level in a hierarchy and available to or suitable for people with relatively little…

Originally and chiefly North American. Secondary, additional, supplementary. Cf. sense A. 4a.

attributive (usually with hyphen). Involving direct computer input by a journalist, cashier, etc., as a work activity otherwise done at a later stage.

Of, pertaining to, or characterized by (the activity of) an intrapreneur.