job

noun

1
a damaging piece of work
dry rot did the job of destroying the barn
the barber did a real job on my hair
2
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
dry rot did the job of destroying the barn
the barber did a real job on my hair
3
the performance of a piece of work
she did an outstanding job as Ophelia
he gave it up as a bad job
4
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
she did an outstanding job as Ophelia
he gave it up as a bad job
5
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
he's not in my line of business
6
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
he's not in my line of business
7
the responsibility to do something
it is their job to print the truth
8
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
9
a crime (especially a robbery)
the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis
10
a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
11
an object worked on; a result produced by working
he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right
12
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

1
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
2
work occasionally
As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks

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