job

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From the phrase jobbe of work "piece of work", from Middle English jobbe (piece, article). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Middle English gobbe "lump, mouthful", Middle English jobben (to jab, thrust, peck), or Middle English choppe (piece, bargain). More at gob, jab, chop

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job (plural jobs)

  1. A task.
    I've got a job for you - could you wash the dishes?
  2. An economic role for which a person is paid.
    That surgeon has a great job.
  3. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery; see e.g. nose job.
  4. (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer)

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  • Adjectives often applied to "job": easy, hard, poor, good, great, excellent, decent, low-paying, steady, stable, secure, challenging, demanding, rewarding, boring, thankless, stressful, horrible, lousy, satisfying, industrial, educational, academic.

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job (third-person singular simple present jobs, present participle jobbing, simple past and past participle jobbed)

  1. (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
  2. (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
  3. (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
  4. (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
  5. (transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
    We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.

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From English

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job m. (plural jobs) (f in Quebec)

  1. (informal) job (employment role)
  2. (Quebec, informal) work

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job m. inv.

  1. job (employment role, computing task)
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