"sex work" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sex work (uncountable)
  1. Any job in which sex or eroticism is involved, especially prostitution or pornography. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Prostitution, Sex Related terms: sex worker Translations (job in which sex is involved): 性工作 (xìnggōngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), seksityö (Finnish), travail du sexe [masculine] (French), სექს-სამუშაო (seks-samušao) (Georgian), სექს-მუშაობა (seks-mušaoba) (Georgian), სექს-ბიზნესი (seks-biznesi) (Georgian), სექს-ინდუსტრია (seks-indusṭria) (Georgian), Sexarbeit [feminine] (German), σεξεργασία (sexergasía) [feminine] (Greek), szexmunka (Hungarian), nussutöö (Ingrian), praca seksualna [feminine] (Polish), prostituição [feminine] (Portuguese), секс-инду́стрия (sɛks-indústrija) [feminine] (Russian), секс-индустри́я (sɛks-industríja) [feminine] (Russian), интим-услу́ги (intim-uslúgi) [feminine, plural] (Russian), секс-би́знес (sɛks-bíznɛs) [masculine] (Russian), trabajo sexual [masculine] (Spanish), sexarbete [neuter] (Swedish)

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          "roman": "xìnggōngzuò",
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