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(noun) business, 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
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
(noun) caper
a crime (especially a robbery)
the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
(noun) Book of Job, Job
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
(noun) Job
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
(noun) Job
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
(noun) problem
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
(verb) speculate
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) subcontract, farm out
arranged for contracted work to be done by others