Productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid.
A piece of work to be done, a task to be fulfilled.
a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"
a damaging piece of work: "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print the truth"
a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"
an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
work occasionally
profit privately from public office
the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for a job"; "a lot of people are out of work"
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee: "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
invest at a risk
let out under a subcontract
a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he''s not in my line of business"
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city''s loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the sampl
a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
a book in the Old Testament containing Job''s pleas to God about his afflictions and God''s reply
invest at a risk; "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"
work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
arranged for contracted work to be done by others
profit privately from public office and official business
a damaging piece of work
the performance of a piece of work
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
the responsibility to do something
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
