Job
Job (job) , noun
[Prov. English job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; compare English gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by English chop to cut off, to mince. See Gob.]
1.
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
2.
A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
3.
A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
4.
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. [Colloquial]
5.
A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. [Colloquial]
6.
A task, or the execution of a task; as, Michelangelo did a great job on the David statue.
7.
(Computers) A task or coordinated set of tasks for a multitasking computer, submitted for processing as a single unit, usually for execution in background. See job control language.
Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job master; job horse; job wagon, etc.
Collocations (7)
By the job , at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each piece of work done; -- distinguished from time work; as, the house was built by the job.
Job lot , a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot.
Job master , one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. [English]
Job printer , one who does miscellaneous printing, esp. circulars, cards, billheads, etc.
Odd job , miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional work, of various kinds, or for various people.
to do a job on , to harm badly or destroy. [slang]
on the job , alert; performing a responsibility well. [slang]
Job (job) , transitive verb
1.
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. — L'Estrange
2.
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. — Moxon
3.
To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
4.
(Commerce) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.
5.
To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage. — Thackeray
Job , intransitive verb
1.
To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
Authors of all work, to job for the season.
2.
To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
And judges job, and bishops bite the town.
3.
To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
Job (jōb) , noun
The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man.
Collocations (3)
Job's comforter , (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil [Colloquial]
Job's news , bad news. — Carlyle
Job's tears (Botany) , a kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains.