Job

English Meaning

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

1. A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one's trade, occupation, or profession.
2. A position in which one is employed.
3. A task that must be done: Washing the windows is not my job.
4. A specified duty or responsibility. See Synonyms at task.
5. A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee: an expensive repair job.
6. The object to be worked on.
7. Something resulting from or produced by work.
8. Computer Science A program application that may consist of several steps but is performed as a single logical unit.
9. Informal A difficult or strenuous task: It was a real job to convince them to drop the charges.
10. Informal A bad or unsatisfactory piece of work: The stylist did a real job on my hair.
11. Informal A state of affairs: Their marriage was a bad job from the start. It's a good job that we left early to avoid the traffic.
12. Informal A criminal act, especially a robbery: a bank job.
13. Informal An example of a specified type, especially of something made or constructed. Often used in combination: a new building that is just another glass and steel job; a cowboy hat that is one of those ten-gallon jobs.
14. To work at odd jobs.
15. To work by the piece.
16. To act as a jobber.
17. To purchase (merchandise) from manufacturers and sell it to retailers.
18. To arrange for (contracted work) to be done in portions by others; subcontract.
19. To transact (official business) dishonestly for private profit.
20. on the job Paying close attention; on the alert.
21. To jab or make a jab.
22. A jab.