An office or position assigned to or held by a person. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ208329 |
| 释义 | society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] (67) steadc1000 An office or position assigned to or held by a person. Obsolete. noteOE Employment, occupation, or work, as assigned to or specifically relating to a person; office, duty. Also: a way of acting, a practice. Obsolete. officec1300 A position or post to which certain duties are attached, esp. one of a more or less public character; a position of trust, authority, or service… ministry?a1475 An act of ministration, a task or service; a function, role, or office. Obsolete. rooma1485 An office, function, appointment; a post, situation, employment. Obsolete. placea1500 A job, office, or situation. Formerly: spec. †high office in the service of the crown or state (obsolete). Cf. high place, n. roomth1544 A position or office belonging to a person; one's place. Obsolete. place1558 As a mass noun: official position, office, esp. that of a government minister. Obsolete. post1562 An office to which a person is or may be appointed; a position of paid employment, a job. in post: appointed to or occupying a (specified) position. berth1720 Nautical. A situation or office on board a ship, or (in sailors' phrase) elsewhere. situation1766 A position of employment; a job. Now formal. job1781 A paid position of regular employment, a post, a situation; an occupation, a profession. sit1853 A paid position of regular employment, a post, a job; = situation, n. 9b. spot1859 Originally: (English regional (northern)) a position of employment; = situation, n. 9b. Later usually more generally: an allocated place… billet1870 Military. transferred. An appointment, post, or ‘berth’. engagement1884 The fact of being engaged by an employer; an ‘appointment’, salaried post. shop1885 Chiefly Theatre. slang. An engagement, a job. Now rare. gig1908 A job; an occupation. Now spec.: a temporary job, performed on a freelance, informal, or on-demand basis, esp. one that has an uncertain future: cf… lurk1916 slang. Australian and New Zealand slang. A job. possie1916 A position (in various senses). number1928 colloquial. A person or thing. A job, assignment, or activity. Frequently in cushy number. site1930 U.S. slang. A job on a fishing vessel. sits vac1945 Job vacancies, as advertised in a newspaper; (hence also) a newspaper column or section that lists job vacancies. Also occasionally: (in form sit vac)… hat1966 A hat or other headdress worn as a symbol of office or rank. With distinguishing word or phrase indicating the position or office. Also (now only)… Subcategories:— official (5) — unofficial (1) — perpetual (1) — vacation (1) — hereditary (2) — suited to a person (1) — for one's favourites (1) — university post created by government (1) — giving opportunity for advancement (1) — good (2) — subordinate (1) — undefined or unknown (1) — use or profit of another's property (1) — period of office (3) — capacity or position (4) — position or office of specific workers (17) |
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