PROFESSION

[noun] [C] - any type of work which needs a special training or a particular skill, often one which is respected because it involves a high level of educationHe left the teaching profession in 1965 to set up his own business.He is a plumber by profession.The report notes that forty per cent of lawyers entering the profession are women.Teaching as a profession is very underpaid.Some types of work which need special training and skill, such as being a doctor or lawyer, but not work in business or industry, are sometimes called the professions.Profession also refers to the people employed in a particular type of work.There's a feeling among the nursing profession that their work is undervalued.