job

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

2. 2noun

   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.

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.

5. 5noun

   A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.

6. 6transitive verb

   To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

7. 7transitive verb

   To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

8. 8transitive verb

   To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.

9. 9transitive verb

   To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.

10. 10transitive verb

    To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

13. 13intransitive verb

    To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.

14. 14noun

    The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.

15. 15noun

    a damaging piece of work

    "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"

    "the barber did a real job on my hair"

16. 16noun

    the performance of a piece of work

    "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"

    "he gave it up as a bad job"

17. 17noun

    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

    "he's not in my line of business"

    Synonyms

    businesslineoccupation
18. 18noun

    the responsibility to do something

    "it is their job to print the truth"

19. 19noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    choretask
20. 20noun

    a crime (especially a robbery)

    "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"

    Synonyms

    caper
21. 21noun

    a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"

22. 22noun

    an object worked on; a result produced by working

    "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"

23. 23noun

    a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

24. 24noun

    (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

25. 25noun

    any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

26. 26noun

    a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

27. 27noun

    a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

    "she and her husband are having problems"

    "it is always a job to contact him"

    Synonyms

    problem
28. 28verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    speculate
29. 29verb

    work occasionally

    "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"

30. 30verb

    arranged for contracted work to be done by others

    Synonyms

    subcontract
31. 31verb

    profit privately from public office and official business