Jobs
/d͡ʒɒbz/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Jobs
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."