Usually means: Activity performed for economic gain.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. Job, job: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Job, job, job, job: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Job, job, job: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. job: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Job, job: Vocabulary.com
  6. Job, job: Wordnik
  7. job: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Job, job: Wiktionary
  9. job: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Job, job: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. job: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Job: Dictionary.com
  13. Job, job: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. job: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. JOB (rolling papers), JOB, Job (Bible), Job (Biblical figure), Job (Osacky), Job (Shea), Job (Unix), Job (biblical figure), Job (comics), Job (computing), Job (disambiguation), Job (given name), Job (illustrator), Job (novel), Job (professional wrestling), Job (prophet), Job (religious figure), Job (role), Job, The Job (The Office), The Job (The Office episode), The Job (novel), The Job (police newspaper): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Job: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. job: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. job: Rhymezone
  19. job: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. job: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. job: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. Job, Job, Job: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. job: Free Dictionary
  24. job: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Job: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. Job: Who2
  27. job: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Faulkner Glossary (No longer online)

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Job: eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. Job (disambiguation), Job (economics): Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  8. job: Legal dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. job: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. job: CCI Computer
  3. Technopedia (No longer online)
  4. Job (disambiguation), job: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Job (economics): Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. JOB: Acronym Finder
  4. JOB: Three Letter Words with definitions
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. job: Idioms

Religion (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Job: Easton Bible
  2. Job: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Job, Job: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  4. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. job, job, job, job, job, job, job: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. job: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. J.O.B, the job: Urban Dictionary
  4. J.O.B: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See jobbed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A task.
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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