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job noun 1 a person's regular paid employment. 2 a piece of work. 3 a completed task • made a good job of the pruning. 4 a function or responsibility. 5 colloq a problem; difficulty • had a job finding it. 6 a crime, especially a burglary • an inside job. 7 an underhand scheme • a put-up job. 8 colloq a do, affair, business, etc • The wedding was a proper church job. 9 colloq a surgical operation, usually involving plastic surgery • a nose job. 10 colloq a manufactured product, or other object • smart little jobs, these calculators. verb (jobbed, jobbing) 1 intrans to do casual jobs. 2 tr & intr to buy and sell (stocks) as a stockjobber; to act as stockjobber. 3 tr & intr to bring something about by, or practise, jobbery. 4 to hire or let out something for a period or a job. a good job colloq fortunate; lucky • It's a good job I was early. do the job to succeed in doing what is required • This new lock should do the job. give something up as a bad job to abandon a task, etc as impossible or not worthwhile. jobs for the boys derog jobs given to or created for one's supporters and friends. just the job exactly what is required. make the best of a bad job to do one's best in difficult circumstances.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c.