labor of love

English

Alternative forms

labour of love

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Noun

labor of love (plural labors of love)

(American spelling, idiomatic) A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking.
Writing a textbook has become more a labor of love than a money-making enterprise, wrote the professor, because of the peculiar way the books are now marketed.

Translations

task performed without expectation of reimbursement

Chinese:
Mandarin: 义务劳动 (zh), 用爱发电 (yòng'àifādiàn)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys (fi)
German: Liebhaberei (de) f (especially from the perspective of taxation)
Swedish: kärleksverk n

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