Profession
A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain.
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... A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its records ... The profession, previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and status with the advent of printing ... Later the profession developed into public servants, journalists, accountants, typists, and lawyers ...
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... self-deprecating type of humor about a lawyer or the legal profession ... when giving a talk, especially to the profession, often employ lawyer jokes as icebreakers ... Jokes told outside the profession where lawyers are commonly the object of contempt, scorn and derision may be sharper “ Q ...
... Profession tax is collected from all companies and individuals transacting business or engaged in a profession for at least 60 days in a half-year ... The rates are as follows- TableRates of Profession Tax in Grama Panchayats Municipalities Sl No Half-yearly income (Rupees) Maximum half-yearly tax (Rupees ...
... agreement about defining the characteristic features of a profession. 221) that "professions are occupations with special power and prestige," (Larson, p.x) and that they comprise "an exclusive elite group," (Larson, p ... Members of a profession have also been defined as "workers whose qualities of detachment, autonomy, and group allegiance are more extensive than those ...
More definitions of "profession":
- (noun): An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion.
Example: "A profession of disagreement"
Synonyms: professing
- (noun): The body of people in a learned occupation.
Synonyms: community
- (noun): An occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences).
Famous quotes containing the word profession:
“My profession lent itself nicely to my vocation for heights. It freed me of any bitterness towards my fellow men, who were always in my debt, without my owing them anything. It placed me above the judge whom, I in turn judged, above the defendant whom I forced into gratitude.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was the law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other. It was once the same road; and Congress is [s]till full of lawyers.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)