Job

Job
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]


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  • job — job …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Job — • One of the books of the Old Testament, and the chief personage in it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Job     Job     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • job — W1S1 [dʒɔb US dʒa:b] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(duty)¦ 3¦(something you must do)¦ 4 on the job 5 I m only/just doing my job 6 it s more than my job s worth 7 do the job 8 have a job doing something/have a job to do something 9 do a job on… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • JOB — JACQUES MARIE GASTON ONFROY DE BRÉVILLE dit (1858 1931) Né à Bar le Duc, Jacques de Bréville commence à signer Job dès son enfance crayonneuse au collège Stanislas. D’un milieu familial peu ouvert à la République naissante, il hérite d’une pensée …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • job — [ dʒab ] noun *** ▸ 1 work to earn money ▸ 2 particular piece of work ▸ 3 duty ▸ 4 a crime ▸ 5 something of particular type ▸ 6 something computer etc. does ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count work that you do regularly to earn money. When you ask someone… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Job — 1 Job 2 Job 3 Job 4 Job 5 Job 6 Job 7 Job 8 Job 9 Job 10 Job 11 Job 12 Job 13 Job 14 …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Job — (britisch [ˈdʒɒb], amerikanisch [ˈdʒɑːb], deutsch [ˈdʒɔp] oder umgangssprachlich [ˈʒɔp]) bezeichnet in der Umgangssprache (allerdings zunehmend auch amtlich, siehe z. B. Jobcenter), einen Arbeitsplatz, eine Stelle (Organisation), eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Job — may refer to:* a joe (role) served by a person or thing: ** Employment, where a person is in a long term relationship performing a service for an employer ** Occupation (economic), where a person performs a certain role over a long period ***… …   Wikipedia

  • JOB — Création 1838 Dates clés 1987 rachat par Bolloré (OCB) 2000 rachat de la marque par Republic Technologies Fondateurs Jean Bardou …   Wikipédia en Français

  • job — job; job·ber; job·ber·nowl; job·bery; job·less; job·mas·ter; nut·job·ber; pre·job; mc·job; job·ble; job·less·ness; …   English syllables

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