job | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: business, line, line of work, occupation |
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(noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Synonyms: chore, task |
(noun) a crime (especially a robbery) | Synonyms: caper |
(noun) a damaging piece of work | - |
(noun) the responsibility to do something | - |
(noun) the performance of a piece of work | - |
(noun) a workplace; as in the expression `on the job' | - |
(noun) an object worked on; a result produced by working | - |
(noun) (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit | - |
(noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved | Synonyms: problem |
(verb) invest at a risk | Synonyms: speculate |
(verb) work occasionally | - |
(verb) profit privately from public office and official business | - |
(verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, subcontract |
jobber | (noun) someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | Synonyms: middleman, wholesaler |
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jobbery | (noun) corruptness among public officials | - |
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jobcentre | (noun) a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered | - |
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jobholder | (noun) an employee who holds a regular job | - |
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jobless | (adjective) not having a job | Synonyms: idle, out of work |
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