work permit
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3.2
- noun
- /wɜrk ˈpɜrmɪt/
- Formal
:
permiso de trabajo
- The National Geographic has approved new funding and extended your work permit.
- issues work permits
- apply for a work permit
- get a work permit
Certainly, doling out work permits is not the solution to to this.
- Certainly, doling out work permits is not the solution to to this.
- They are now no longer in the case system at all, but still don't have the ability to obtain work permits, for example, here in the country.
Examples
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- I have a work permit.
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In order to work off campus, they must wait about a year and need to apply for a work permit.
Academic text (2007) -
Every six months we must apply for a work permit.
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I have no work permit to work in the US or any other country.
Blog text (20) -
I have a work permit, so I am here legally.
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We got a four-year work permit to work as a domestic couple here in London.
Academic text (1992) -
Instead of being detained, he was issued a work permit for a year while his asylum claim was pending.
Academic text (2002) -
Between 1982 and 1992, no work permits were issued to Palestinians.
Academic text (2000) -
Most of the women who have work permits are domestic maids, so they only get to see their kids for a couple of hours on Sundays.
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I have a work permit, so I am here legally.
Synonyms
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2.1
An official paper that lets someone do something
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3.4
An official card that allows a foreign person to live and work permanently in the United States
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4.3
Official documents that show a person may have a job, often for immigrants or young workers
An official document that gives a person permission to have a job
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an official document allowing someone to work' is directly and compositionally derived from 'permit' (a document granting permission) modified by 'work' (the activity being permitted). This noun+noun compounding mirrors transparent 'permit to X' patterns found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun work permit comes from the simple idea of an official paper that lets a person do work, because the paper itself is a permit that allows them to work. So a work permit today is an official paper that gives someone the 'right to work'.