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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See {Gob}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 6. A task, or the execution of a task; as, Michelangelo did a great job on the David statue. [PJC] 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}. [PJC] Note: 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. [1913 Webster] {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. [Eng.] {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] [1913 Webster +PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Job \Job\, v. i. 1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work. [1913 Webster] Authors of all work, to job for the season. --Moore. [1913 Webster] 2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage. [1913 Webster] And judges job, and bishops bite the town. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Job \Job\ (j[=o]b), n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man. [1913 Webster] {Job's comforter}. (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil. [Colloq.] {Job's news}, bad news. --Carlyle. {Job's tears} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Coix Lacryma}), with hard, shining, pearly grains. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jobbed} (j[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Jobbing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. --Moxon. [1913 Webster] 3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract. [1913 Webster] 4. (Com.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods. [1913 Webster] 5. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: job n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: {occupation}, {business}, {job}, {line of work}, {line}] 2: 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" [syn: {job}, {task}, {chore}] 3: a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"; 4: an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right" 5: the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print the truth" 6: the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job" 7: a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair" 8: a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog" [syn: {problem}, {job}] 9: a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him 10: any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing 11: (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit 12: a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply [syn: {Job}, {Book of Job}] 13: a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis" [syn: {caper}, {job}] v 1: profit privately from public office and official business 2: arranged for contracted work to be done by others [syn: {subcontract}, {farm out}, {job}] 3: work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks" 4: invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" [syn: {speculate}, {job}] From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Job /dʒɔp/ job