job English
Noun
( en noun)
A task.
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* 1996 , (Tom Cruise) in the movie (Jerry Maguire)
- ''And it's my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.
An economic role for which a person is paid.
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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
, title= Cronies and capitols
, passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
(in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
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(computing) 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).
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "job": easy, hard, poor, good, great, excellent, decent, low-paying, steady, stable, secure, challenging, demanding, rewarding, boring, thankless, stressful, horrible, lousy, satisfying, industrial, educational, academic.
Derived terms
* blow job
* good job
* job center
* job queue
* poor job
Verb
( jobb)
To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
* Moore
- Authors of all work, to job for the season.
To work as a jobber.
To take the loss.
(trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
(transitive, 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.
* Alexander Pope
- And judges job , and bishops bite the town.
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
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To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
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To hire or let in periods of service.
- to job a carriage
- (Thackeray)
Derived terms
* blowjob
* bob-a-job
* boob job
* desk job
* good job
* handjob
* jobber
* jobless
* job of work
* job-seeker
* jobsware
* job title
* joe job
* nose job
* paint job
* toe job
* rim job
See also
* employment
* work
* labour
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carrying Verb
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