job

Synonyms

• subcontracta contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract ; arranged for contracted work to be done by others ; work under a subcontract
• farm outarranged for contracted work to be done by others ; grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee

• "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"

• "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

Synonyms

• speculateto believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; reflect deeply on a subject; invest at a risk

• "he's not in my line of business"

Synonyms

• occupationthe principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power ; any activity that occupies a person's attention; the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
• businessa commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; a rightful concern or responsibility; an immediate objective; the volume of commercial activity; business concerns collectively; customers collectively; incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
• line of workthe principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
• linebe in line with; cover the interior of; make a mark or lines on a surface; mark with lines; fill plentifully; reinforce with fabric; a formation of people or things one beside another; a mark that is long relative to its width; a formation of people or things one behind another; a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum ; a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power ; a connected series of events or actions or developments; a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent ; a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface; a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed ; a telephone connection ; acting in conformity; the descendants of one individual; something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; in games or sports; (often plural) a means of communication or access; a particular kind of product or merchandise; a commercial organization serving as a common carrier ; space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising ; the maximum credit that a customer is allowed ; a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress; a short personal letter; a conceptual separation or distinction; mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

• "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"
• "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"
• "the endless task of classifying the samples"
• "the farmer's morning chores"

Synonyms

• taskassign a task to; use to the limit; any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
• chorea specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

• "as in the expression `on the job'"

• "a result produced by working"
• "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"

• "it is their job to print the truth"

• "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"
• "he gave it up as a bad job"

• "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"
• "the barber did a real job on my hair"

• "she and her husband are having problems"
• "it is always a job to contact him"
• "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"

Synonyms

• problema state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; a question raised for consideration or solution; a source of difficulty

Synonyms

• Jobprofit privately from public office and official business ; arranged for contracted work to be done by others ; work occasionally; invest at a risk; the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; a workplace; an object worked on; the responsibility to do something; the performance of a piece of work; a damaging piece of work; a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him ; any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing ; (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit ; a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply ; a crime (especially a robbery)

Synonyms

• Jobprofit privately from public office and official business ; arranged for contracted work to be done by others ; work occasionally; invest at a risk; the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; a workplace; an object worked on; the responsibility to do something; the performance of a piece of work; a damaging piece of work; a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him ; any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing ; (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit ; a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply ; a crime (especially a robbery)

Synonyms

• Jobprofit privately from public office and official business ; arranged for contracted work to be done by others ; work occasionally; invest at a risk; the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; a workplace; an object worked on; the responsibility to do something; the performance of a piece of work; a damaging piece of work; a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him ; any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing ; (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit ; a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply ; a crime (especially a robbery)
• Book of Joba book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

• "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"

Synonyms

• caperjump about playfully ; any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis ; pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces ; a crime (especially a robbery); a playful leap or hop ; gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement