What do you call what you do for pay?

• A. Job
• B. Work
• C. Career
• D. Occupation

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is the specific paid position you hold. That is called a job. It names the exact role you are paid to perform, with particular duties and hours. Work, by contrast, is a broader sense of effort or tasks done, not necessarily tied to a specific paid role. An occupation is a formal label for a type of work (like nurse or teacher) rather than the particular job you’re in right now. A career refers to the overall sequence and progression of your professional life over time. So for the phrase “what you do for pay,” the natural, everyday word is job because it points to the actual paid position.