JOB

(noun) a damaging piece of work
"dry rot did the job of destroying the barn", "the barber did a real job on my hair"
(noun) the performance of a piece of work
"she did an outstanding job as Ophelia", "he gave it up as a bad job"
(noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
"he's not in my line of business"
synonyms : business , line , line of work , occupation
(noun) the responsibility to do something
"it is their job to print the truth"
(noun) 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"
synonyms : chore , task
(noun) a crime (especially a robbery)
"the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"
synonyms : caper
(noun) a workplace; as in the expression
"on the job"
(noun) 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) a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
synonyms : book of job
(noun) (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
(noun) any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
(noun) a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
(noun) 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"
synonyms : problem
(verb) 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
(verb) work occasionally
"As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
(verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others
synonyms : farm out , subcontract
(verb) profit privately from public office and official business

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