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• Mechanical work, the amount of energy transferred by a force
• Work (thermodynamics), the quantity of energy transferred from one system to another
• "Work", one's place of employment
• Wage labour, in which a worker sells their labour and the employer buys it
• Manual labour, physical work done by people
• Work of art, a creation, such as a song or a painting
• Work (project management), the effort applied to produce a deliverable or accomplish a task
• Work (professional wrestling), a staged event
• Work (Kelly Rowland song), a single by Kelly Rowland
• Work (Jars of Clay song), a song by Jars of Clay
• Work (Jimmy Eat World song), a song by rock band Jimmy Eat World
• Work (1915 film), a 1915 silent film co-starring Edna Purviance
• Work Records (aka "WORK" or "The WORK Group"), a music label under Sony Records
• Work 1989-2002, a release by the electronic music duo Orbital
• Work (painting), by Ford Madox Brown
• Work: A Story of Experience, a novel by Louisa May Alcott

In physics, mechanical work is the amount of energy transferred by a force. ... In thermodynamics, work is the quantity of energy transferred from one system to another without an accompanying transfer of entropy. ... This article is about work. ... Wage labour is the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer in which the worker sells their labour under a contract (employment), and the employer buys it, often in a labour market. ... Manual labour (or manual labor) is physical work done with the hands, especially in an unskilled job such as fruit and vegetable picking, road building, or any other field where the work may be considered physically arduous, and which has as a profitable objective, usually the production of goods. ... In fine art, a work of art (or artwork or work) is a creation, such as a song, book, sculpture or a painting, that has been made in order to be a thing of beauty in itself or a symbolic statement of meaning, rather than having a practical function. ... Work in project management is the amount of effort applied to produce a deliverable or to accomplish a task (a terminal element). ... In professional wrestling, a work is slang for a staged event (that is, one that enforces kayfabe). ... Work is a R&B song written by American singer Kelly Rowland, Jason Boyd and Scott Storch for Rowlands second studio album Ms. ... Work is a song written and performed by Jars Of Clay. ... Work is a song by Jimmy Eat World from the album Futures. ... Work was a 1915 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin (his eighth film for Essanay Films), and co-starring Edna Purviance, Marta Golden and Charles Insley. ... Work Records (also known as WORK or The WORK Group) was a record label run by Sony Music that was the replacement for Sonys Chaos Recordings. ... Work 1989-2002 was a compilation album released by the British electronica duo Orbital in 2002, featuring a selection of singles and rare tracks from their career together. ... Work (1852-1865) is a painting by Ford Madox Brown, which is generally considered to be his most important work. ...

See also

• Labor (disambiguation)
• The Works (further disambiguation)
• Works (further disambiguation)
• Housework

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