JOBS
/dอกสษbz/
13
Scrabble
16
WWF
J(8) O(1) B(3) S(1)
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Definition
/dอกสษbz/
noun
- A task.“A job half done is hardly done at all.”
- An economic role for which a person is paid.“He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.”
- (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.“He had had a nose job.”
- A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
- A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
verb
- To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
- To work as a jobber.
- To take the loss.
- To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
- (often with out) 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.”
Source: Wiktionary
