job

/dʒɑb/
verb
  1. To do occasional or piecework; to work at a temporary or short-term task.
    • She jobs for different companies when they need extra help.
    • They jobbed around the city doing odd repairs.
    • He jobs as a freelance photographer on weekends.
  2. To buy and sell (goods or services) as a middleman; to deal in.
    • The company jobs wholesale electronics to small retailers.
    • They job agricultural products between farms and markets.
    • He jobbed in rare books for many years.
noun
  1. The regular work that a person does to earn money.
    • My first job was delivering newspapers in the morning.
    • He lost his job when the factory closed down.
    • She found a job as a teacher at the local school.
  2. A specific task or piece of work that needs to be done.
    • Painting the fence was a bigger job than I expected.
    • Can you do a quick job of fixing the leaky faucet?
    • I have a few jobs to finish around the house this weekend.
  3. A function or responsibility that someone or something has.
    • It's your job to make sure the doors are locked at night.
    • The job of the heart is to pump blood through the body.
    • Her job as team captain is to keep everyone motivated.
  4. A difficult or unpleasant task or experience.
    • He had a job convincing his parents to let him go on the trip.
    • Getting the stain out of the carpet was a real job.
    • It was a job just to find a parking spot downtown.
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