a regular paid position of employment or occupation
a piece of work
a set of operations to be done by a computer
a task
a specific duty, role, or function
informal a crime, esp a robbery
a difficult task
had a job persuading them
informal an object, occasion, etc of a specified type
The party was a black-tie job
a crime, esp a robbery
informal a piece of plastic surgery
a nose job
a good job
a fortunate state of affairs
jobs for the boys
Brit lucrative employment for friends, associates, etc, or a system of patronage or favouritism involving this
just the job
exactly what is needed
on the job
engaged in doing something; at work
coarse slang having sexual intercourse
jobless adj
[perhaps from Middle English jobbe lump, later ‘cartload’, possibly an alteration of gobbe gob1]