job

Etymology 1
From the phrase, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of ; or perhaps related to, or. More at gob, jab, chop.

Noun

 * 1) A task.
 * 2) An economic role for which a person is paid.
 * 3) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Here I am at my new job!
 * 1)  Plastic surgery.
 * 2)  A sex act.
 * 3)  A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
 * 4) 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.
 * 5)  A robbery or heist.
 * 6) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
 * 7)  A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
 * 8)  The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
 * 1)  A sex act.
 * 2)  A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
 * 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)  A robbery or heist.
 * 5) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
 * 6)  A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
 * 7)  The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
 * 1) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
 * 2)  A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
 * 3)  The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
 * 1)  A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
 * 2)  The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
 * 1)  The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
 * 1)  The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.

Usage notes

 * Adjectives often applied to "job": easy, hard, poor, good, great, excellent, decent, low-paying, steady, stable, secure, challenging, demanding, rewarding, boring, thankless, stressful, horrible, lousy, satisfying, industrial, educational, academic.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: مَهَمَّة
 * Egyptian Arabic: مهمة
 * Hijazi Arabic: مُهِمَّة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Avar: иш
 * Belarusian: рабо́та,, зада́нне, дзе́ла
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chichewa: ntchito
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: opgave,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სამუშაო, საქმე, დავალება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish: jab
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Ladino: echo
 * Latin: pensum
 * Macedonian:, задача
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: посао
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, , úloha
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: gawain, ,
 * Tamil:
 * Tetum: knaar
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian:, , , ді́ло
 * Urdu: کام
 * Venetian:, mes-cer, mestièr
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, , مِهْنَة, شُغْل, مِهْنَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: وظيفة, شغل, شغلانة, مهنة
 * Hijazi Arabic: وظيفة, شُغُل
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: эш
 * Belarusian: рабо́та,
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Central Dusun: pakalajaan
 * Central Franconian: Berof
 * Chichewa: ntchito
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 工作
 * Dungan: хуә, гунзуә
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:, posteno
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , ,  ,
 * Georgian: სამუშაო, საქმე
 * German:, , , ,
 * Alemannic German: Prueff
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: post, obair, jab
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh:, іс
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, , , , 알바
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ນັກງານ, ງານ,
 * Latin: negōtium
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:, ,
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Oromo: hojii
 * Pashto:, ,
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Oabeit
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Samoan: gāluega
 * Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh,, dreuchd,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̀сао, ра̏д
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , brete , ,  ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tagalog: hanapbuhay,
 * Tajik:, шуғл
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Tetum: knaar
 * Thai: การงาน, ,
 * Tibetan:
 * Tongan: ngāue
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: iş
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: کام, کار, نوکری
 * Uyghur: خىزمەت, ئىش
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * White Hmong: tej num
 * Yiddish: אַרבעט
 * Zhuang: gunghcoz


 * Bulgarian: пласти́чна опера́ция
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: პლასტიკური ოპერაცია
 * Greek:, -πλαστική
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 조브
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:


 * Lao:

Verb

 * 1)  To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
 * 2)  To work as a jobber.
 * 3)  To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
 * 4)  To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
 * 5)  To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
 * We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.
 * 1)  To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
 * 2) To hire or let in periods of service.
 * 1) To hire or let in periods of service.
 * 1) To hire or let in periods of service.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: работя на парче
 * Finnish: tehdä keikkatöitä, tehdä pätkätöitä,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: alkalmi munkákat vállal
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: jobata
 * German:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: jobata
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * German: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 2
Imitative.

Verb

 * 1)  To peck (of a bird);  to poke or prod.
 * 2)  To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.
 * 3)  To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.
 * 1)  To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.
 * 1)  To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.

Noun

 * 1)  A sudden thrust or stab; a jab or punch.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)   ; tasks in one's work

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Usage notes
Job is the default word for a job in Belgium. In the Netherlands baan is the default; however, job is sometimes used informally or in certain sectors (e.g. marketing), but it may also be considered pretentious due to an association with yuppies.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   (employment role)
 * 2)  work

Usage notes

 * This term is feminine in Quebec and some parts of Louisiana, and masculine elsewhere.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (employment role, computing task)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   task carried out in batch mode

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) pocket