Definition of Job

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Definition of Job

Job

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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.

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.

Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.

A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.

To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.

To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.

To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.

To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.

To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.

The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.

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Job Quotations

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
Zig Ziglar

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.
Barack Obama

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
Barack Obama

I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.
Barack Obama

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
Ronald Reagan

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.
Ronald Reagan

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
George Carlin

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Napoleon Hill

Job Translations

job in Afrikaans is arbeid, werk, taak
job in Danish is embede, arbejde, opgave
job in Dutch is emplooi, karwei, werk, arbeid
job in Finnish is virka
job in German is Arbeit {f}, Auftrag {m}
job in Italian is lavoro, professione, posizione, quesito, posizione
job in Latin is officium
job in Norwegian is spekulere, arbeid, jobbe, jobb
job in Portuguese is tarefa, trabalho
job in Swedish is arbete, jobb

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