( BrE , old-fashioned or formal ) work that you are paid to do or that must be done :
There was a job of work waiting for him that he was not looking forward to.
( BrE , old-fashioned or formal ) work that you are paid to do or that must be done :
There was a job of work waiting for him that he was not looking forward to.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005