To pay for one's voyage by working while on board, rather than by paying a fare.

plural of empty stock working

(rail transport) A train of empty passenger rolling stock that is moved from one location to another where, for example, it is needed to form a revenue-earning service.

plural of make-work job

(economics) A job that has less immediate financial benefit to the economy than it costs to support.

(idiomatic)

Synonym of make one's way

The practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.

(dated, simile) To work very hard.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make short work of