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Word: job (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An economic role for which a person is paid.
  • A task.
  • computing A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer)
  • in noun compounds Plastic surgery; ''see e.g.'' nose job.

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Proper noun:

  • An Old Testament character.
  • biblical A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  • male|from=Hebrew

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Verb:

  • professional wrestling|_|slang To take the loss.
  • intransitive To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
  • intransitive To work as a jobber.
  • rfv-sense To work
  • often|with out To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
  • trading To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.

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