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labor of love

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noun

  1. work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards.

    He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
labor of love Idioms  

  1. Work done for one's satisfaction rather than monetary reward. For example, The research took three years but it was a labor of love. This expression appears twice in the New Testament (Hebrews 6:10, Thessalonians 1:3), referring to those who do God's work as a labor of love. [c. 1600]

Etymology

Origin of labor of love

First recorded in 1665–75

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