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Type Words
Synonyms chore, task
Type of duty
Has types shitwork, ball-breaker, ball-buster, stint, scut work


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.
Type Words
Synonyms caper
Type of robbery


the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis.
Type Words
Synonyms speculate
Type of commit, place, put, invest
Has types bull
Type Words
Synonyms business, line, line of work, occupation
Type of activity
Has types profession, confectionery, accountancy, salt mine, catering, career, situation, sport, spot, game, trade, treadmill, biz, billet, vocation, berth, work, appointment, calling, farming, land, medium, metier, office, employment, photography, place, position, post, craft, accounting
Type Words
Synonyms farm out, subcontract
Type of employ, hire, engage
Type Words
Synonyms problem
Type of difficulty
Has types race problem, balance-of-payments problem


it is always a job to contact him.
Type Words
Synonyms book of job
Type Words
Type of work


dry rot did the job of destroying the barn.
the barber did a real job on my hair.
Type Words
Type Words
Type of product, production


he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right.
Type Words
Type of unfortunate, unfortunate person
Type Words
Type of workplace, work
Type Words
Type of applications programme, application program, application
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Type of chisel, cheat
Type Words
Type of work


she did an outstanding job as Ophelia.
he gave it up as a bad job.
Type Words
Type of responsibility, duty, obligation


it is their job to print the truth.
Type Words
Type of work, do work


As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks.

Examples of jobs

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Darren first hooked up with Journeys in the late 1990s when he was between jobs.
From the dailyherald.com
It could help reduce costly competition among area cities for jobs and tax base.
From the stltoday.com
The numbers suggest that the drop comes from workers'giving up looking for jobs.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The departments of Defense, Commerce and Agriculture all have many foreign jobs.
From the forbes.com
Temporary and lower paying jobs do not qualify buyers for any kind of home loan.
From the washingtontimes.com
Last month the company cut about 100 jobs and named Kay Hong as its interim CEO.
From the thenewstribune.com
Talented new teachers will lose their jobs while less effective teachers remain.
From the thenewstribune.com
By last year, this job creation estimate had declined to 7,000 jobs per billion.
From the thenewstribune.com
There are jobs being added, but this liberal rag of a paper doesn't report them.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • (job) occupation: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
  • (job) profit privately from public office and official business
  • (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"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
  • (job) subcontract: arranged for contracted work to be done by others
  • (job) a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
  • (job) work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
  • The domain name jobs is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Indicated by its name, the domain is restricted to employment-related sites.
  • The Book of Job (/u02C8du0292ou028Ab/; Hebrew: u05D0u05B4u05D9u05D5u05B9u05D1 Iyov) is one of the Writings (Ketuvim) of the Hebrew Bible, and the first poetic book in the Christian Old Testament. Addressing the theme of God's justice in the face of human suffering u2013 or more simply, "Why do the righteous suffer?" u2013 it is a rich theological work setting out a variety of perspectives...
  • Job (born Andru00E9 Jobin on October 25, 1927) is a Swiss francophone comics creator. He is probably best known for his western children's comics series Yakari, of which he has written the scripts since 1973.