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Meaning of 'job' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Job [ n.]
- A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
- A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
- 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 situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.
- The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
2 . Job [ v. i.]
- To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
- To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
- To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
3 . Job [ v. t.]
- To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
- To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
- To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
- To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.
- To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.

Meaning of 'job' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . job [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a damaging piece of work
Example in sentence:
  • dry rot did the job of destroying the barn;
  • the barber did a real job on my hair
Meaning (2):
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Example in sentence:
  • estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars;
  • the endless task of classifying the samples;
  • the farmer's morning chores;
  • the job of repairing the engine took several hours
Meaning (3):
- the performance of a piece of work
Example in sentence:
  • he gave it up as a bad job;
  • she did an outstanding job as Ophelia
Meaning (4):
- an object worked on; a result produced by working
Example in sentence:
  • he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right
Meaning (5):
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Example in sentence:
  • he's not in my line of business
Meaning (6):
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
Example in sentence:
  • it is always a job to contact him;
  • she and her husband are having problems;
  • urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog
Meaning (7):
- the responsibility to do something
Example in sentence:
  • it is their job to print the truth
Meaning (8):
- a crime (especially a robbery)
Example in sentence:
  • the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
9 . job [ v]
Meaning (9):
- work occasionally
Example in sentence:
  • As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks
Meaning (10):
- invest at a risk
Example in sentence:
  • I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating

Nearby Words:

jobation jobbed jobber jobbernowl jobbery jobbing

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