job

See also Job, and Jòb

English

Etymology

From the phrase jobbe of work "piece of work", from Middle English jobbe (“piece, article”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Middle English gobbe "lump, mouthful", Middle English jobben (“to jab, thrust, peck”), or Middle English choppe (“piece, bargain”). More at gob, jab, chop

Pronunciation

Noun

job (plural jobs)

  1. A task.
    I've got a job for you - could you wash the dishes?
    And it's my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang - Tom Cruise in the movie Jerry Maguire
  2. An economic role for which a person is paid.
    That surgeon has a great job.
    He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.
  3. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery; see e.g. nose job.
  4. (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer)
  5. A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)

Usage notes

  • Adjectives often applied to "job": easy, hard, poor, good, great, excellent, decent, low-paying, steady, stable, secure, challenging, demanding, rewarding, boring, thankless, stressful, horrible, lousy, satisfying, industrial, educational, academic.

Derived terms

Derived terms
  • poor job

Translations

task
economic role for which a person is paid
plastic surgery
computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode

Verb

job (third-person singular simple present jobs, present participle jobbing, simple past and past participle jobbed)

  1. (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
  2. (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
  3. (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
  4. (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
  5. (transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
    We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.

Translations

to do odd jobs
to work as a jobber
wrestling: to take the loss
to speculate
to subcontract
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Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb job

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Anagrams

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French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

Noun

job m (plural jobs) (f in Quebec)

  1. (informal) job (employment role)
  2. (Quebec, informal) work

Synonyms

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Italian

Etymology

From English

Noun

job m (invariable)

  1. job (employment role, computing task)
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