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  1. job
    [jäb]
    noun
    job (noun)
    jobs (plural noun)
    1. a paid position of regular employment:
      "a part-time job"
      "jobs are created in the private sector, not in Washington"
      • a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid:
        "she wants to be left alone to get on with the job"
        "you did a good job of explaining"
        • informal
          a thing of a specified kind:
          "the car was a blue malevolent-looking job"
          verb
          job (verb)
          jobs (third person present)
          jobbed (past tense)
          jobbed (past participle)
          jobbing (present participle)
          1. do casual or occasional work:
            "she jobbed as a waitress until her first role in a movie"
            • buy and sell (stocks) as a broker-dealer, especially on a small scale:
              "his game plan is to buy in then job the shares on at a profit"
              • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
                informal
                cheat; betray:
                "he was jobbed by the Justice Department"
                • archaic
                  turn a public office or a position of trust to private advantage:
                  "if left unfettered he would job"
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                  noun
                  jäb
                  Tone

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                  Origin
                  mid 16th century (in job): of unknown origin.
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