job

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job
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Meanings
noun
  • a paid position of regular employment.
    E.g. the scheme could create 200 jobs
  • a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid.
    E.g. she wants to be left alone to get on with the job
  • a thing of a specified kind.
    E.g. the oven is one of those fancy-pants jobs with a convection fan
verb
  • do casual or occasional work.
    E.g. 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.
    E.g. his game plan is to buy in then job the shares on at a profit
  • cheat; betray.
    E.g. he was jobbed by the Justice Department
  • turn a public office or a position of trust to private advantage.
    E.g. if left unfettered he would job
verb
  • prod or stab.
    E.g. he prepared to job the huge brute
noun
  • an act of prodding, thrusting, or wrenching.

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