An individual act or instance of labour; a task, a job; spec. a particular type of task, such as a specific manufacturing process. Also more…

A piece of work. Obsolete.

Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). A stroke or spell of work; a piece of work; a task, a job.

A task, a difficult undertaking; (figurative) a commotion or fuss.

A piece of work; esp. a small and discrete piece of work done as part of one's regular occupation or profession.

That which a person is employed to do. As a count noun: a particular piece of work, a task; esp. a special task or commission. Obsolete.

In more general sense: Any piece of work that has to be done; something that one has to do (usually involving labour or difficulty); a matter of…

spot of work: a task, a job of work, esp. one that is large or difficult; a product of this. Frequently with (ironic) modifying word, as fine, pretty…

A job in which the worker is paid by the day; a job which lasts a day.

colloquial. A person or thing. A job, assignment, or activity. Frequently in cushy number.