job
A task.
Noun 3 meanings
A task.
“I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?”
An economic role for which a person is paid.
“That surgeon has a great job.”
Plastic surgery.
“He had a nose job.”
Verb 4 meanings
To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
To work as a jobber.
To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
“We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.”
Etymology
From the phrase jobbe of work (“piece of work”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”); or perhaps related to Middle English jobben (“to jab, thrust, peck”), or Middle English choppe (“piece, bargain”). More at gob, jab, chop.
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JOB at a glance
JOB has 3 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (J 8 + O 1 + B 3) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #278 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with job
All rhymes- HOBJOB20
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