Job
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
job
n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn:
{occupation}, {business}, {job}, {line of work}, {line}]
2: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for
a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job
ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing
the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of
classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" [syn:
{job}, {task}, {chore}]
3: a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
4: an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held
the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
5: the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print
the truth"
6: the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding
job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
7: a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying
the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
8: a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her
husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact
him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
[syn: {problem}, {job}]
9: a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith
in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
10: any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without
despairing
11: (computer science) a program application that may consist of
several steps but is a single logical unit
12: a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God
about his afflictions and God's reply [syn: {Job}, {Book of
Job}]
13: a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank
job in St. Louis" [syn: {caper}, {job}]
v 1: profit privately from public office and official business
2: arranged for contracted work to be done by others [syn:
{subcontract}, {farm out}, {job}]
3: work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester
breaks"
4: invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to
live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am
speculating" [syn: {speculate}, {job}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of
wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh.
influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See {Gob}.]
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1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
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2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work
undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job
for a thousand dollars.
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3. A public transaction done for private profit; something
performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but
really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
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4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately
or unfortunately. [Colloq.]
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5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.
[Colloq.]
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6. A task, or the execution of a task; as, Michelangelo did a
great job on the David statue.
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7. (Computers) A task or coordinated set of tasks for a
multitasking computer, submitted for processing as a
single unit, usually for execution in background. See {job
control language}.
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Note: Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for
jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job
master; job horse; job wagon, etc.
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{By the job}, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each
piece of work done; -- distinguished from {time work}; as,
the house was built by the job.
{Job lot}, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold
out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for
the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot.
{Job master}, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire,
as for family use. [Eng.]
{Job printer}, one who does miscellaneous printing, esp.
circulars, cards, billheads, etc.
{Odd job}, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional
work, of various kinds, or for various people.
{to do a job on}, to harm badly or destroy. [slang]
{on the job}, alert; performing a responsibility well.
[slang]
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jobbed} (j[o^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Jobbing}.]
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1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. --L'Estrange.
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2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. --Moxon.
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3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to
sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
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4. (Com.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of
importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to
retailers; as, to job goods.
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5. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as,
to job a carriage. --Thackeray.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Job \Job\, v. i.
1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do
petty work.
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Authors of all work, to job for the season. --Moore.
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2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to
turn public matters to private advantage.
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And judges job, and bishops bite the town. --Pope.
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3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or
stocks.
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from
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Job
persecuted, an Arabian patriarch who resided in the land of Uz
(q.v.). While living in the midst of great prosperity, he was
suddenly overwhelmed by a series of sore trials that fell upon
him. Amid all his sufferings he maintained his integrity. Once
more God visited him with the rich tokens of his goodness and
even greater prosperity than he had enjoyed before. He survived
the period of trial for one hundred and forty years, and died in
a good old age, an example to succeeding generations of
integrity (Ezek. 14:14, 20) and of submissive patience under the
sorest calamities (James 5:11). His history, so far as it is
known, is recorded in his book.
from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
JOB. By this term is understood among workmen, the whole of a thing which is
to be done. In this sense it is employed in the Civil Code of Louisiana,
art. 2727; "to build by plot, or to work by the job," says that article, "is
to undertake a building for a certain stipulated price." See Durant. du
Contr. de Louage, liv. 8, t. 8, n. 248, 263; Poth. Contr. de Louage, n. 392,
394 and Deviation.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
181 Moby Thesaurus words for "job":
accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action,
adventure, affair, appointment, assignment, bamboozle, be in,
befool, berth, billet, blow, burglary, business, busywork, calling,
capacity, caper, carry, character, chare, charge, charter, chicane,
chore, close out, commission, concern, concernment, connection,
convert into cash, coup, cut under, deal in, dealings, deed,
devoir, doing, doings, dump, duty, effect a sale, effort,
employment, endeavor, engagement, enterprise, errand, exercise,
exploit, fait accompli, farm, farm out, feat, filch, fish to fry,
flimflam, fool, function, gest, gig, go, grab, gull, hand,
handiwork, handle, heist, hire, hire out, hoax, homework,
incumbency, interest, job of work, labor, lease, lease out,
lease-back, lease-lend, lend-lease, let, let off, let out, lift,
line, make a sale, make-work, maneuver, market, matter,
matters in hand, measure, merchandise, mission, moonlighting, move,
niche, occupation, odd job, office, opening, operation, overt act,
part, passage, performance, piece of work, pigeon, pinch, place,
position, post, posting, proceeding, production, profession,
project, province, pursuit, racket, rent, rent out, res gestae,
resell, retail, rip-off, robbery, role, sacrifice, second job,
sell, sell off, sell on consignment, sell out, sell over,
sell retail, sell short, sell up, sell wholesale, service,
situation, slot, spot, station, steal, step, stint, stroke, stunt,
sublease, sublet, task, tenure, theft, thing, thing done,
things to do, tour de force, trade, trade in, traffic in,
transaction, turn, turn into money, turn over, undercut, underlet,
undersell, undertaking, unload, vacancy, victimize, vocation,
wholesale, work, works
from
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date
JOB
prehistoric millionaire who had his ups and downs. Like
all rich men, he had a good young manhood, saved his money, and
entered the market. Formed the camel trust and cornered the
real estate market. The market tumbled and so did J. Family
troubles also distressed him. His camels died of the colic or
were stolen. J. went broke. Even in hard luck he patronized
the temple, and believed while there was money it could be had.
Started in business again with a small capital, remarried, and
ended his days ahead of the game. Ambition: A chance at the
New York Stock market; death to his comforters. Recreation:
Sackcloth and ashes.
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