noun Download 🔗Share A task. Examples : "A job half done is hardly done at all." job work business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An economic role for which a person is paid. Examples : "Many people need to find jobs to earn money for their families. " job work business economy service Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery. Examples : "He had had a nose job." medicine job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer). Examples : "The mainframe computer processes payroll, inventory, and reporting jobs overnight when the system is less busy. " computing job technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. Examples : "The boxer landed quick jobs to his opponent's face, trying to wear him down. " action weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The mayor was removed from office after an investigation revealed he had been awarding city contracts as jobs, secretly profiting from construction projects he was supposed to oversee fairly. " politics government business economy job moral work finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. Examples : "The unexpected snowstorm created extra jobs for the community, like shoveling sidewalks and helping stranded motorists. " situation event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall). Examples : "Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it." thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire. Examples : "My neighbor jobs around the neighborhood doing yard work and small repairs for extra money. " job work business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To work as a jobber. Examples : "He decided to jobs in the local produce market, buying fruits and vegetables from farmers and selling them to grocery stores. " job work business economy commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take the loss. Examples : ""The store jobs the damaged goods instead of trying to sell them." " business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in. Examples : ""He jobs in tech stocks, hoping to make a quick profit." " business finance commerce economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors. Examples : "We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms." business job industry economy work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage. Examples : "The mayor was accused of jobbing by awarding lucrative city contracts to companies owned by his relatives. " politics government business moral job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. Examples : "The angry chef jobs the meat with a fork to tenderize it. " action weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. Examples : "The carpenter jobs the nail into the wood with a hammer. " action work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hire or let in periods of service. Examples : "to job a carriage" job business service work organization economy industry human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading