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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Job
     persecuted, an Arabian patriarch who resided in the land of Uz
     (q.v.). While living in the midst of great prosperity, he was
     suddenly overwhelmed by a series of sore trials that fell upon
     him. Amid all his sufferings he maintained his integrity. Once
     more God visited him with the rich tokens of his goodness and
     even greater prosperity than he had enjoyed before. He survived
     the period of trial for one hundred and forty years, and died in
     a good old age, an example to succeeding generations of
     integrity (Ezek. 14:14, 20) and of submissive patience under the
     sorest calamities (James 5:11). His history, so far as it is
     known, is recorded in his book.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  job
       
           All the activities involved in completing
          any project on a computer from start to finish.  A job may
          involve several processes and several programs.
       
          This term is rather old fashioned and harks back to the days
          of batch processing where a user would submit his job as a
          deck of punched cards which would typically include source
          code interspersed with job control language instructions to
          guide the various phases of the job such as compilation,
          linking, execution and printing.
       
          (1995-05-07)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Job, KY
    Zip code(s): 41224
  Job, WV
    Zip code(s): 26296

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of
     wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh.
     influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See Gob.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work
        undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job
        for a thousand dollars.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately
        or unfortunately. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.
        [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A task, or the execution of a task; as, Michelangelo did a
        great job on the David statue.
        [PJC]
  
     7. (Computers) A task or coordinated set of tasks for a
        multitasking computer, submitted for processing as a
        single unit, usually for execution in background. See job
        control language.
        [PJC]
  
     Note: Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for
           jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job
           master; job horse; job wagon, etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     By the job, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each
        piece of work done; -- distinguished from time work; as,
        the house was built by the job.
  
     Job lot, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold
        out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for
        the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot.
        
  
     Job master, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire,
        as for family use. [Eng.]
  
     Job printer, one who does miscellaneous printing, esp.
        circulars, cards, billheads, etc.
  
     Odd job, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional
        work, of various kinds, or for various people.
  
     to do a job on, to harm badly or destroy. [slang]
  
     on the job, alert; performing a responsibility well.
        [slang]
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jobbed (j[o^]bd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Jobbing.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. --Moxon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to
        sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Com.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of
        importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to
        retailers; as, to job goods.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as,
        to job a carriage. --Thackeray.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Job \Job\, v. i.
     1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do
        petty work.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Authors of all work, to job for the season. --Moore.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to
        turn public matters to private advantage.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And judges job, and bishops bite the town. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or
        stocks.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Job \Job\ (j[=o]b), n.
     The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the
     prototypical patient man.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Job's comforter.
     (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under
         pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.
     (b) A boil. [Colloq.]
  
     Job's news, bad news. --Carlyle.
  
     Job's+tears+(Bot.),+a+kind+of+grass+({Coix+Lacryma" rel="nofollow">Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Coix Lacryma), with
        hard, shining, pearly grains.
        [1913 Webster]

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) : [ hitchcock ]


  Job, he that weeps or cries

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Job \Job\, v. i.
     1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do
        petty work.
  
              Authors of all work, to job for the season. --Moore.
  
     2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to
        turn public matters to private advantage.
  
              And judges job, and bishops bite the town. --Pope.
  
     3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or
        stocks.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Job \Job\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Jobbing.]
     1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. --L'Estrange.
  
     2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. --Moxon.
  
     3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to
        sublet (work); as, to job a contract.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Job \Job\, n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v.,
     to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by E.
     chop to cut off, to mince. See Gob.]
     1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
  
     2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work
        undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job
        for a thousand dollars.
  
     3. 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.
  
     4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately
        or unfortunately. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Job \Job\, n.
     The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the
     typical patient man.
  
     Job's comforter.
     (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under
         pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.
     (b) A boil. [Colloq.]
  
     Job's news, bad news. --Carlyle.
  
     Job's+tears+(Bot.),+a+kind+of+grass+({Coix+Lacryma" rel="nofollow">Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Coix Lacryma), with
        hard, shining, pearly grains.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  job
       n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
            money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation,
             business, line of work, line]
       2: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or
          for a specific fee; "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" [syn: task, chore]
       3: the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding
          job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
       4: the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to
          print the truth"
       5: a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
       6: an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held
          the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
       7: a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and
          her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to
          contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion
          and smog" [syn: problem]
       8: a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying
          the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
       9: a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank
          job in St. Louis" [syn: caper]
       10: a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith
           in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
       11: any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without
           despairing
       12: (computer science) a program application that may consist of
           several steps but is a single logical unit
       13: a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God
           about his afflictions and God's reply [syn: Book of Job]
       v 1: profit privately from public office and official business
       2: arranged for contracted work to be done by others [syn: subcontract,
           farm out]
       3: work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the
          semester breaks"
       4: invest at a risk; "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" [syn: speculate]
       [also: jobbing, jobbed]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  job
     Γαλλικά n.
     (ετ οικείο fr) η δουλειά, η εργασία

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Job
     Γερμανικά n.
     1 η δουλειά, η εργασία
     2 η διαδικασία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  job
     Dutch n.
     (lb nl chiefly Belgium) (l en job)
     French n.
     1 (lb fr informal) (l en job) (employment role)
     2 (lb fr Quebec Louisiana informal) work
     n.
     A task.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To work as a jobber.
     3 (lb en intransitive professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
     4 (lb en transitive trading) To buy and sell for profit, as
  securities; to speculate in.
     5 (lb en transitive often with out) To subcontract a project or
  delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public
  service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
     Romanian n.
     (l en job)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Job
     Dutch n.
     1 (l en Job) (gloss: the eighteenth book of the Old Testament)
     2 (l en Job) (gloss: Biblical character)
     3 (given name nl male)
     French n.
     (lb fr bible) (l en Job)
     Marshallese n.
     (lb mh bibilical) Job#English
     Spanish n.
     (lb es bible) (l en Job) (gloss: the book of the Bible)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  job
     n.
     A task.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To work as a jobber.
     3 (lb en intransitive professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
     4 (lb en transitive trading) To buy and sell for profit, as
  securities; to speculate in.
     5 (lb en transitive often with out) To subcontract a project or
  delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public
  service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Job
     n.
     A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of
  great misfortune.
     n.
     1 (lb en biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
     2 (given name en male from=Hebrew)
     3 (lb en biblical character) A character in the Old Testament and the
  Qur'an, renowned for his patience.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  job
     Dutch n.
     (lb nl chiefly Belgium) (l en job)
     French n.
     1 (lb fr informal) (l en job) (employment role)
     2 (lb fr Quebec Louisiana informal) work
     n.
     A task.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To work as a jobber.
     3 (lb en intransitive professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
     4 (lb en transitive trading) To buy and sell for profit, as
  securities; to speculate in.
     5 (lb en transitive often with out) To subcontract a project or
  delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public
  service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
     Romanian n.
     (l en job)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Job
     Dutch n.
     1 (l en Job) (gloss: the eighteenth book of the Old Testament)
     2 (l en Job) (gloss: Biblical character)
     3 (given name nl male)
     French n.
     (lb fr bible) (l en Job)
     n.
     A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of
  great misfortune.
     n.
     1 (lb en biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
     2 (given name en male from=Hebrew)
     3 (lb en biblical character) A character in the Old Testament and the
  Qur'an, renowned for his patience.
     Swedish n.
     #English

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  job
     Dutch n.
     (lb nl chiefly Belgium) (l en job)
     French n.
     1 (lb fr informal) (l en job) (employment role)
     2 (lb fr Quebec Louisiana informal) work
     n.
     A task.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To work as a jobber.
     3 (lb en intransitive professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
     4 (lb en transitive trading) To buy and sell for profit, as
  securities; to speculate in.
     5 (lb en transitive often with out) To subcontract a project or
  delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public
  service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Job
     Dutch n.
     1 (l en Job) (gloss: the eighteenth book of the Old Testament)
     2 (l en Job) (gloss: Biblical character)
     3 (given name nl male)
     French n.
     (lb fr bible) (l en Job)
     n.
     A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of
  great misfortune.
     n.
     1 (lb en biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
     2 (given name en male from=Hebrew)
     3 (lb en biblical character) A character in the Old Testament and the
  Qur'an, renowned for his patience.
     Swedish n.
     #English

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  job
     Englanti n.
     1 työ, tehtävä
     2 työpaikka

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Job
     Saksa n.
     1 toimi, askare, homma
     2 työpaikka

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]


  Job
     n.
     1 (yhteys Raamattu k=fi) yksi Vanha testamentti kirjoista
     2 (yhteys Raamattu k=fi) edellisessä keskeinen henkilö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  job
     Engelska n.
     jobb, arbete; uppgift(er) som ska utföras, vanligen mot lön eller
  annan betalning

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Job
     Tyska n.
     1 jobb, arbete
     2 (tagg mansnamn kat=religion språk=de) Job#Svenska (biblisk person)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  Job
     abbr.
     (tagg: kat=bibelboksförkortningar) ''förkortning för'' #Substantiv,
  skrift i Gamla Testamentet
     n.
     (tagg: religion) en biblisk person

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 : [ freedict:bre-fra ]


  Job 
  1. Joseph
  2.
        "paour-job"  aa. - très pauvre, pauvre comme Job

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:deu-bul ]


  Job /d͡ʒɔp/ 
  зада́ча 2.
  Arbeitsplatz, Stellung (Anstellung) für eine (vorübergehende) einträgliche Beschäftigung zum Zweck des Gelderwerbs
   3.
  Arbeit oder berufliche Tätigkeit

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ell ]


  Job /d͡ʒɔp/ 
  δουλειά 2.
  Arbeitsplatz, Stellung (Anstellung) für eine (vorübergehende) einträgliche Beschäftigung zum Zweck des Gelderwerbs
   3.
  Arbeit oder berufliche Tätigkeit

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Job /(en)dʒˈɒb(de)/ 
  racket

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Job /(en)dʒˈɒb(de)/ 
  billet 
     Synonym: Posten

From Deutsch-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fin ]


  Job /d͡ʒɔp/ 
  työ
  Arbeitsplatz, Stellung (Anstellung) für eine (vorübergehende) einträgliche Beschäftigung zum Zweck des Gelderwerbs

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Job /d͡ʒɔp/ 
  job, boulot
  Arbeitsplatz, Stellung (Anstellung) für eine (vorübergehende) einträgliche Beschäftigung zum Zweck des Gelderwerbs

From Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ind ]


  Job /d͡ʒɔp/ 
  1. kerja
  Arbeitsplatz, Stellung (Anstellung) für eine (vorübergehende) einträgliche Beschäftigung zum Zweck des Gelderwerbs
  2. pekerjaan
  Arbeit oder berufliche Tätigkeit

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-pol ]


  Job /d͡ʒɔp/ 
  praca, zatrudnienie
  Arbeitsplatz, Stellung (Anstellung) für eine (vorübergehende) einträgliche Beschäftigung zum Zweck des Gelderwerbs

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  Job /d͡ʒɔp/ 
  работа
  Arbeitsplatz, Stellung (Anstellung) für eine (vorübergehende) einträgliche Beschäftigung zum Zweck des Gelderwerbs

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-spa ]


  Job /d͡ʒɔp/ 
  trabajo, pega
  Arbeitsplatz, Stellung (Anstellung) für eine (vorübergehende) einträgliche Beschäftigung zum Zweck des Gelderwerbs

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  Job /d͡ʒɔp/ 
  jobb 2.
  Arbeitsplatz, Stellung (Anstellung) für eine (vorübergehende) einträgliche Beschäftigung zum Zweck des Gelderwerbs
   3.
  Arbeit oder berufliche Tätigkeit

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  job /dʒˈɒb/
  1. arbeid, werk
  2. amp
  3. taak

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Job /dʒˈɒb/
  الشغل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  job //d͡ʒɑb// //d͡ʒɒb// 
  1. зада́ча
  computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode
  2. заная́т, ра́бота
  economic role for which a person is paid
  3. пласти́чна опера́ция
  plastic surgery
  4. де́ло, зада́ча, ра́бота
  task

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  job //d͡ʒɑb// //d͡ʒɒb// 
  1. работя на парче
  to do odd jobs
  2. спекулирам
  to speculate