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The definition of job

18 Definitions of: job

    1. noun, an individual piece of work or task
    2. noun, an occupation; post of employment
    3. noun, an object worked on or a result produced from working
    4. noun, a duty or responsibility
    5. noun, a difficult task or problem
    6. noun, a state of affairs
    7. noun, a damaging piece of work
    8. noun, a crime, esp a robbery or burglary
    9. noun, an article or specimen
    10. noun, an instance of jobbery
    11. noun, computing a unit of work for a computer consisting of a single complete task submitted by a user
    12. noun, jobs for the boys appointments given to or created for allies or favourites
    13. noun, on the job a) actively engaged in one's employment b) taboo engaged in sexual intercourse
    14. noun, just the job exactly what was required
    15. verb, to work by the piece or at casual jobs
    16. verb, to make a private profit out of (a public office, etc)
    17. verb, a) to buy and sell (goods or services) as a middleman b) to buy and sell stocks and shares as a stockjobber
    18. verb, to apportion (a contract, work, etc) among several contractors, workers, etc
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Synonyms: work, enterprise, business, career, occupation, vocation, position, post, function, capacity And more...
 

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