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.

verb

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

The plural form of job is: jobs.
Languages in which job is used:
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- English
- French

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