job
noun
[ dʒɒb ]
• a paid position of regular employment.
• "the scheme could create 200 jobs"
Similar:
position of employment,
position,
post,
situation,
place,
appointment,
posting,
placement,
day job,
occupation,
profession,
trade,
career,
work,
field of work,
line of work,
line of business,
means of livelihood,
means of earning a living,
walk of life,
métier,
pursuit,
craft,
vocation,
calling,
vacancy,
opening,
way,
berth,
grip,
employ,
• a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid.
• "she wants to be left alone to get on with the job"
Similar:
task,
piece of work,
assignment,
project,
chore,
errand,
undertaking,
venture,
operation,
enterprise,
activity,
business,
affair,
detail,
• a thing of a specified kind.
• "the oven is one of those fancy-pants jobs with a convection fan"
job
verb
• do casual or occasional work.
• "he left school and jobbed around as a car parts salesman, warehouseman, and removal man"
• buy and sell (stocks) as a broker-dealer, especially on a small scale.
• "his game plan is to buy in then job the shares on at a profit"
• cheat; betray.
• "he was jobbed by the Justice Department"
• turn a public office or a position of trust to private advantage.
• "if left unfettered he would job"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in job1 (sense 2 of the noun)): of unknown origin.
job
verb
• prod or stab.
• "he prepared to job the huge brute"
job
noun
• an act of prodding, thrusting, or wrenching.
Origin:
late Middle English: apparently symbolic of a brief forceful action (compare with jab).
on the job
• while working; at work.
• "learning on the job should be part of studying"
