Usually means: Commitment to quality and efficiency.
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  1. work ethic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. work ethic: Merriam-Webster
  3. work ethic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. work ethic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. work ethic: Collins English Dictionary
  6. work-ethic: Wordnik
  7. work ethic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. work ethic: Wiktionary
  9. work ethic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. work ethic: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. work ethic: Dictionary.com
  12. Work ethic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. work ethic: Encyclopedia

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  1. work ethic: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (work ethic)

▸ noun:  The value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties.
▸ noun:  The tendency to work hard at one's job or duties.

Similar:
diligence, hardworkingness, hardhandedness, workmanliness, hustle, duty, industry, workmanlikeness, workfulness, industriousness, more...

Opposite:
sloth, laziness, idleness

Types:
Protestant ethic, more...

Phrases:
Protestant work ethic, Puritan work ethic, good work ethic, strong work ethic, high work ethic, more...

Adjectives:
sinecure, worky, temporary, walk-in, standing, associate, temp, jobbing, aspirant, working, newcome

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Similar:
diligence, hardworkingness, hardhandedness, workmanliness, hustle, duty, industry, workmanlikeness, workfulness, industriousness, more...

Opposite:
sloth, laziness, idleness

Types:
Protestant ethic, more...

Phrases:
Protestant work ethic, Puritan work ethic, good work ethic, strong work ethic, high work ethic, accountable work ethic, low work ethic, bad work ethic, more...

Adjectives:
sinecure, worky, temporary, walk-in, standing, associate, temp, jobbing, aspirant, working, newcome



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