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job (jäb)

noun

  1. a specific piece of work, as in one's trade, or done by agreement for pay
  2. anything one has to do; task; chore; duty
  3. the thing or material being worked on
    1. the action of doing a task, duty, or piece of work
    2. a result or product of such action
  4. ☆ a position of employment; situation; work
  5. Informal a criminal act or deed, as a theft, etc.
  6. Informal any happening, affair, matter, object, etc.
  7. Chiefly Brit. a thing done supposedly in the public interest but actually for private gain

Etymology: < ?

adjective

hired or done by the job

intransitive verb jobbed, jobbing job′·bing

  1. to do odd jobs
  2. to act as a jobber or broker
  3. Chiefly Brit. to do public or official business dishonestly for private gain

transitive verb

  1. to buy and sell (goods) as wholesaler; handle as middleman
  2. to let or sublet (work, contracts, etc.)
  3. to hire or let for hire, as a horse or carriage
  4. Slang to deceive; trick; cheat
  5. Chiefly Brit. to transact (public business) dishonestly for private gain
job Idioms

odd jobs

miscellaneous tasks or pieces of work

on the job

  1. while working at one's job
  2. Slang attentive to one's task or duty
job2 definition

job (jäb)

noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb jobbed, jobbing job′·bing

Dialectal jab

Etymology: ME jobben, to peck

Job definition

Job (jōb)

noun

  1. a man who endured much suffering but did not lose his faith in God
  2. the book telling of him: abbrev. Jb

Etymology: LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) Iōb < Heb 'Iyyōbh

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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