Meaning of 'job'

noun

a damaging piece of work

Example: "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"

noun

the performance of a piece of work

Example: "They did an outstanding job in the play."

noun

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Synonyms: occupation

noun

the responsibility to do something

Example: "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

Example: "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"

Synonyms: task chore

noun

a crime (especially a robbery)

Example: "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"

Synonyms: caper

noun

a workplace

Example: "as in the expression on the job"

noun

an object worked on

noun

(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

noun

a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

Synonyms: problem

verb

invest at a risk

Synonyms: speculate

verb

work occasionally

Example: "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"

verb

arranged for contracted work to be done by others

Synonyms: subcontract farm out

verb

profit privately from public office and official business