job
/dʒɑb/
verb
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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