Definition of On-the-job

1. Adjective. Relating to or associated with a job or employment. "On-the-job requirements"

Partainyms: Job

Definition of On-the-job

1. Adjective. (context: of training) obtained whilst working ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of On-the-job

on-off switch
on-ramp
on-ramps
on-roader
on-scene
on-screen
on-side kick
on-side kicks
on-site
on-slip
on-slips
on-street
on-the-air
on-the-fly
on-the-fly encryption
on-the-job (current term)
on-the-scene(a)
on-the-spot
on-the-spot(a)
on-time marker
on/off switch
on a dime
on a full stomach
on a go-slow
on a higher floor
on a knife edge
on a losing wicket
on a lower floor
on a need-to-know basis
on a pair

Literary usage of On-the-job

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Mr. Bennett left the job, and I had to get some one else to put on the job. He left the job about March, 1918. I sent Mr. Warlich down there to finish the ..."

2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1917)
"The proportions to be used on the job should be used in the tests. There is little use in testing only a 1:2:4 concrete for water-tightness and then use ..."

3. Opportunity 2000: Creative Affirmative Action Strategies for a Changing (1988)
"... explains.26 On the Job Training Companies with more traditional job requirements can also sponsor or support training programs. ..."

4. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1921)
"The workman wants, more than he wants anything else, the feeling that he has a share of responsibility, of worthwhileness on the job. ..."

5. Panama: The Canal, the Country, and the People by Arthur Bullard (1911)
"... CHAPTER XXVI OUR PREDECESSORS ON THE JOB BALBOA had no sooner seen the Pacific from the mountain peak of Darien than he wanted to set sail on it. ..."

6. 20th Century Bookkeeping and Accounting: A Treatise on Modern Bookkeeping by James Williams Baker (1917)
"... "Job Number," the number of the job on the job order blank; ... "Time Commenced," the hour and minute he began work on the job mentioned at the left; ..."

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