- passage-work
- \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: a section or part of a musical composition characteristically unimportant thematically and generally consisting of repetitive notes or figures or scale or arpeggio passages
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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work one's passage — see passage. → work work one s passage work in return for a free place on a voyage. → passage … English new terms dictionary
work one's passage — Ⅰ. ► work one s passage pay for one s journey on a ship with work instead of money. Main Entry: ↑work Ⅱ. ► work one s passage work in return for a free place on a voyage. Main Entry: ↑passage … English terms dictionary
work — ► NOUN 1) activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result. 2) such activity as a means of earning income. 3) a task or tasks to be undertaken. 4) a thing or things done or made; the result of an action. 5) (works)… … English terms dictionary
passage — passage1 [ pasɪdʒ] noun 1》 the action or process of moving through, under, over, or past something on the way from one place to another. ↘the action or process of moving forward. ↘the right to pass through somewhere. ↘a journey by sea … English new terms dictionary
Passage planning — or voyage planning is a procedure to develop a complete description of a vessel s voyage from start to finish. The plan includes leaving the dock and harbor area, the en route portion of a voyage, approaching the destination, and mooring.… … Wikipedia
work one's passage — To earn one s passage at sea by unpaid labour on board (also figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑passage * * * I work in return for a free place on a voyage he worked his passage home as a steward II pay for one s journey on a ship with work instead… … Useful english dictionary
Work — (w[^u]rk), v. t. 1. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor. [1913 Webster] He could have told them of two or three gold mines, and a silver mine, and given the reason why they forbare … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
passage — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of passing. 2) a way through something; a passageway. 3) a journey by sea or air. 4) the right to pass through somewhere: a permit for safe passage. 5) a short section from a text, musical composition, etc. ● work… … English terms dictionary
passage — pas‧sage [ˈpæsɪdʒ] noun [uncountable] LAW the progress of a law, bill etc through parliament before it takes effect: • A month after its passage, Italy s insider trading law is continuing to stir debate. passage of • One result of the oil crisis… … Financial and business terms
work — [wʉrk] n. [ME werk < OE weorc, akin to Ger werk < IE base * werĝ , to do, act > Gr ergon (for * wergon), action, work, organon, tool, instrument] 1. physical or mental effort exerted to do or make something; purposeful activity; labor;… … English World dictionary
