Job
Meaning of Job
noun
- A task.
A job half done is hardly done at all.
- An economic role for which a person is paid.
He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.
- (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
He had had a nose job.
- A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
- A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
- A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
- Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
- A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it.
- To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
- To work as a jobber.
- To take the loss.
- To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
- (often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.
- To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
- To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
- To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
- To hire or let in periods of service.
to job a carriage
Information about Job
- It's a proper name.
- The plural form of Job is: Jobs.
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Hyphenation of Job
Job
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- Job is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Job synonyms
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Translation of Job
Words that rhyme with Job
job, hobjob, McJob, handjob, overjob, lastjob, blowjob
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