job

A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee.

“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”

An object worked on; a result produced by working.

“he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right”

Any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing.

A workplace; as in the expression `on the job'.

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

The performance of a piece of work.

“she did an outstanding job as Ophelia”

“he gave it up as a bad job”

The responsibility to do something.

“it is their job to print the truth”

A crime (especially a robbery).

“the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis”

The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.

A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved.

“it is always a job to contact him”

A book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply.

A damaging piece of work.

“dry rot did the job of destroying the barn”

“the barber did a real job on my hair”

A Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him.

Profit privately from public office and official business.

Work occasionally.

“As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks”

Invest at a risk.

Arranged for contracted work to be done by others.