job

(noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. Synonyms: occupation, business, line of work, line. Example: "He's not in my line of business."

(noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee. Synonyms: task, chore. Examples: "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."

(noun) a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";.

(noun) an object worked on; a result produced by working. Example: "He held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right."

(noun) the responsibility to do something. Example: "It is their job to print the truth."

(noun) the performance of a piece of work. Examples: "She did an outstanding job as ophelia." "He gave it up as a bad job."

(noun) a damaging piece of work. Examples: "Dry rot did the job of destroying the barn." "The barber did a real job on my hair."

(noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved. Synonyms: problem. Examples: "She and her husband are having problems." "It is always a job to contact him." "Urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog."

(noun) a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him. Synonyms: Job.

(noun) any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing. Synonyms: Job.

(noun) (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit.

(noun) a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply. Synonyms: Job, Book of Job.

(noun) a crime (especially a robbery). Synonyms: caper. Example: "The gang pulled off a bank job in st. louis."

(verb) profit privately from public office and official business.

(verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others. Synonyms: subcontract, farm out.

(verb) work occasionally. Example: "As a student i jobbed during the semester breaks."

(verb) invest at a risk. Synonyms: speculate. Example: "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."