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(noun) job
a damaging piece of work
dry rot did the job of destroying the barn; the barber did a real job on my hair
(noun) job
the performance of a piece of work
she did an outstanding job as Ophelia; he gave it up as a bad job
(noun) business, job, line, line of work, occupation
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
he's not in my line of business
(noun) job
the responsibility to do something
it is their job to print the truth
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 crime (especially a robbery)
the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
(noun) job
a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
(noun) 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
(noun) Book of Job
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
(noun) job
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
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
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
(verb) job
work occasionally
As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks
(verb) subcontract, job, farm out
arranged for contracted work to be done by others
(verb) job
profit privately from public office and official business