work-study
noun
an examination of ways of finding the most efficient method of doing a job, esp in terms of time and effort
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Nearby words
- work-hour,
- work-in-progress,
- work-life balance,
- work-release,
- work-sharing,
- work-study program,
- work-to-rule,
- work-up,
- workable,
- workaday
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Examples from the Web for work-study
Through a work-study program with the school, he is a Program Assistant at the UNC-Chapel Hill LGBT Center.
These students are offered financial-aid packages like the one I had, a combination of loans, grants, and work-study.
At Columbia, I studied the arts and writing and worked a mélange of work-study and summer jobs.