"lifetime job" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lifetime jobs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lifetime job (plural lifetime jobs)
  1. (US) A job in which one remains for one's whole career until one's retirement. Tags: US Synonyms (job for one's whole career): job for life Translations (A job for one's whole career): emploi à vie [masculine] (French)

Inflected forms

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