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▸ noun: An economic role for which a person is paid.
▸ noun: (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
▸ noun: (in noun compounds) A sex act.
▸ noun: (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (informal) A robbery or heist.
▸ noun: Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
▸ noun: (colloquial) A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
▸ noun: (UK, slang, law enforcement) The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
▸ verb: (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
▸ verb: (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
▸ verb: (transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
▸ verb: To hire or let in periods of service.
▸ verb: (intransitive, now rare, regional) To peck (of a bird); (more generally) to poke or prod (at, into).
▸ verb: (transitive) To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.
▸ verb: (transitive, now Australia) To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab or punch.
▸ noun: (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
▸ noun: A male given name from Hebrew
▸ noun: (biblical) A character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience.
▸ noun: A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of great misfortune.
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