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English to English noun 1. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money  he's not in my line of business source: wordnet30
2. 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 source: wordnet30
3. a workplace; as in the expression on the job source: wordnet30
4. an object worked on; a result produced by working he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right source: wordnet30
5. the responsibility to do something it is their job to print the truth source: wordnet30
6. the performance of a piece of work she did an outstanding job as Ophelia|he gave it up as a bad job source: wordnet30
7. a damaging piece of work dry rot did the job of destroying the barn|the barber did a real job on my hair source: wordnet30
8. 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 source: wordnet30
9. a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him source: wordnet30
10. any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing source: wordnet30
11. (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit source: wordnet30
12. a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply source: wordnet30
13. a crime (especially a robbery) the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis source: wordnet30
14. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. source: webster1913
15. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man. source: webster1913
verb 16. profit privately from public office and official business source: wordnet30
17. arranged for contracted work to be done by others source: wordnet30
18. work occasionally As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks source: wordnet30
19. 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 source: wordnet30
20. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. source: webster1913
21. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work. source: webster1913
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